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“I got you, baby girl.” I slid into the seat next to her and started my car. We rolled easily out of the parking lot, and I pulled into the nearby mini-mart. I rubbed her thigh, giving it a firm squeeze as I looked at her. “Stay here.”

She nodded her head yes, and I kissed her pink lips one more time before I walked into the store. A few minutes later, I came back and slid into the driver’s seat. “Here, take that. You’ll be alright. But if you’re gonna want to keep fucking me, baby girl,you should get on something.” I handed her a small bottle of water and a Plan B pill box.

“I-I’ll look into it.” She took the pill and drank about half the bottle of water along with it. I placed my arm back around her shoulders as we finished cruising the city streets at night.

I pulled in next to her car and hauled her back on my lap, my hand sliding behind her neck. I pulled her lips back into mine, giving her soft, slow kiss after kiss. I couldn’t figure it out, but this girl wasn’t like any of the girls before her. I couldn’t get enough of the way she tasted when I kissed her, the way her skin felt in my hands. The way she smelled made me rock hard almost instantly. It’s like she was a drug made just for me, one taste, and I was hooked. Rosalie was addictive and consuming.

I’d keep her in my run-down, dim motel room all night if I could, but I knew she was not like the rest of the girls I’d fucked. Nah, this one was different. And I wanted to keep her. That was a new feeling for me, this feeling of already being attached.

She moaned softly against my lips, and I gave her round ass a soft smack. “All right, girl, if we keep this up, I won’t be able to let you go home tonight. So come on, off my lap now.” I opened the driver’s door and smirked at her, raising my eyebrows slightly. I almost dared her to stay.

Her cheeks were rosy, and she gave me the cutest nervous, flirty smile. She climbed out, and I followed her over to her car. As she unlocked it and went to open it, I stopped it from opening. “So, don’t think I can wait a whole week to see you again. Wednesday free?”

She looked at me and then slowly nodded. “Y-yeah, I don’t have any plans yet.”

I smirked and pushed off the car that I was leaning against. Tucking my hands into my hoodie pocket, I backed away toward my car. “Now you do. See you then.” I turned around and hopped in my car, driving away as she started hers. I waited atthe end of the alley for her to pull up behind me, and then I cruised down toward the gym at Venice Beach. I gotta burn off this new round of adrenaline in my second favorite way.

CHAPTER 15

ROSALIE

I quickly saidhi to my parents and Jayden, who was surprisingly in the kitchen chilling when I got home. Then, I went upstairs and immediately showered in my bathroom. As the warm water poured around me, I felt little spots where he had touched and kissed me. A blush crept up my cheeks, and I sighed. “Well, that was probably the most amazing first time anyone has ever had.” I finished my shower and got dressed in my little silky two-piece crop top and shorts pj’s. Opening the door into my bedroom, I almost screamed when Jayden scared the heck out of me.

“So what did you do tonight, coming home pretty late? Don’t lie about the car meet thing. I know for a fact the other guys are busy tonight.” I peered around my room and saw him kicked back in my office chair at my desk.

“I was just out and about. It’s no big deal,” I said, tucking my still damp hair behind my left ear.

Jayden slowly swiveled left and right in the chair, sarcastically stating, “Might want to cover up the hickeys on your stomach and shoulders before you try such a weak lie.”

I glanced quickly in the mirror next to my walk-in closet, and my cheeks reddened. I didn’t even notice the little marks on mybody yet. I tugged on a hoodie over my pajamas and came back out. Well, if my cheeks weren’t full blush yet, they were now. I sat on the edge of my bed facing Jayden.

His eyes watched me with amusement. “Finally lost the V-card, huh, sis? The perfect daughter snuck out to go screw a boy. Wait until Mom and Dad hear about this.”

I shot up and walked over to the chair, shaking him by the shoulders and panicking a bit at the thought of him telling anyone else. “Jayden, you can’t tell them! Look, it’s no big deal, I just met a guy who I’m kinda into, we only had two dates, it’s no big deal.” Yes, I realized when I repeat myself, it does, in fact, show the blatant lie that it is, in fact, a big deal to me. And Jayden, being the most annoyingly observant twin brother ever, knew this.

“Wowwww, perfect little sister, screwing a guy on the second date? What a rebel. Gonna break Dad's heart.” He snickered at me, and, in exasperation, I walked back over to my bed, grabbed a pillow, and chucked it at his head.

“Don’t tell them that!” I whisper-shouted at him as Jayden caught the pillow and stood up, walking over and swinging it. I closed my eyes and braced for impact, but instead of smacking me hard, he gently let it hit my arm.

“Tell you what? Help me out with something, and maybe your favorite brother will forget all about the scandal the favorite child is in.” He seemed serious again. Why was he always so serious lately? It was annoying.

I narrowed my eyes at him. “Ifyou’re going to ask me to help you to do something sketchy, you can forget it.”

Sitting on my bed, Jayden pulled out a… breath strip? Not really sure, to be honest. He placed it on his tongue and closed his eyes for a moment, then smiled at me in the famous'Mom, I’m so innocent. Please get me what I want'smile. “Nah, it’s not that. I want to move out and get my own place. But Dad wouldn’teven consider helping pay for anything with me crashing a car that got his favorite kid almost killed.” I flinched since he was talking about the Viper accident.

“That’s not true! Dad loves you just as much, Jayden, he was so worried when you were in the coma, I told you that.” Jayden couldn’t think Dad didn’t love him as much as he did. He was so upset when he heard Jayden was in a coma, more upset than Jayden would ever know.

He shrugged, leaning forward, resting his elbows on his knees and looking down at the floor. “It’s whatever. Point is, I was thinking if you said we wanted to get our own place together, to start being more independent, Dad would go for it.”

I stood there thinking hard. Did I want to move out? I would have to, wouldn't I, if I asked this? I loved living at home sometimes, but other times it could be annoying. And there wasnooooway I would ever bring AJ here for a long time… but maybe if I lived with Jayden he might want to come over? Because it was so lame to date someone who still lived with their parents, and even AJ had his own place, so he probably expected me to have my own place as well. And sure, if I lived with my brother, so what? Jayden’s hardly ever home as it was, it’d be like having an invisible roommate.

“Damn, you are actually thinking about it. Must really like this guy. But, Rosalie, please tell me it isn’t Hank or Freddie.” Jayden made a fake disgusted face at me.

“Heck no! Just eww! No way, Hank is like another brother and Freddie… we’ll just say Freddie isn’t my type by a long shot. No, AJ—” I clapped my hand over my mouth. SHIT! Jayden snapped his eyes to my face all of a sudden.

“What name did you just say?” Jayden's voice was clearly angry now. I tried to stand up and walk away, but he grabbed my arm as I crossed in front of him. “What name did you say,Rosalie?” Jayden’s tone was now completely serious. I looked down at my feet.

“I said… AJ,” I whispered, and Jayden's grip tightened. “OW! Jayden, that hurts a bit.” I tugged my hand, and he let go, bringing his hand to his forehead and smacking it.

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