Page 53 of My Mistake To Make

‘She can’t keep doingthis, honey. You need to do something about this.’

‘I’m going to.’ I answer my mom with venom lacing my words. Zoe has taken Bo up for her bath after calling in some help at the bar, and Bree is coming over soon.

‘That girl is just like her father. Just takes what she wants without thinking about the consequences for other people.’

‘Her grandfather too,’ Merv adds. ‘That family has had a nasty streak for as long as I’ve known them,’

‘And before.’ Mama breathes, looking down at the table.

It’s true. Jessie’s dad was a bastard. He’s part of the reason she cheated on me. He told her I’d never be able to provide her with the life she deserved, so Jessie tried to lure in the guys who had more money.

‘Hey, y’all,’ Bree greets as she walks in. ‘You okay?’

I nod, staring down at my hands clasped together on the table.

‘I have to make this official. I want that kid under my roof permanently.’

‘Okay, I’ll make some calls.’ Bree squeezes my shoulder. ‘Now, I need to see my baby. She upstairs?’ I nod, and my sister heads up to her niece.

‘We’ll get this fixed, Doug,’ Mama says softly. ‘No more of her shit, okay.’

Okay. No more of her shit.

Tell Me To Stop

Cara

Buzzzzz…

I stare wide-eyed at the device in my hand and the strength of the vibrations. I cannot put that between my legs—you could use that thing to dig up a road.

‘Nope.’ I turn it off and drop it onto the bed.

Tonight is the night, I decided. Tonight, I am going to go for it after weeks of procrastination. I’ve watched enough porn to have an idea of what I’m doing, and the noise from the othercabins has me awake anyway, so what the hell. I might as well do something with my time. Not to mention that I’ve been turned on since I saw the way Doug was staring at my legs earlier.

I was leaning over the counter in my new kitchen, and I had my first fantasy. I actually imagined him coming up behind me and reaching under my dress and…oh god.

Yes, tonight is definitely the night.

I lay back on my pillows and close my eyes, trying to take myself back to those thoughts I had earlier, trying to let the fantasy run on longer and see where it goes.

‘Okay.’ I breathe as fantasy Doug runs his fingers up the back of my thighs. ‘I can do this.’

A loud crash outside, followed by raucous laughter, has me snapping my eyes open and punching the bed in frustration.

‘That’s it.’ I hiss and push myself up from the bed.

Without considering my appearance, I stomp to the door and almost yank it off the hinges as I storm outside, then freeze because staring at me, wide-eyed and furious, is the man I just left behind in my dreams.

‘What the fuck are you doing?’ he snaps, walking toward me.

‘I can’t stand this anymore.’ I gesture to the other cabins before turning in that direction.

‘You can’t go over there like that.’ His eyes are wild as he drags his gaze down my body and tears it away.

‘Why not?’ I ask, stubbornly glaring up at him.

‘Because,’ his nostrils flare, ‘you just can’t.’

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