Page 23 of Only Ever Yours

Cocky asshole.

“Ugh… Jaydon, stop. It’s not funny. How the fuck did this happen again? I don’t even fucking like you.”

His eyes narrow as he gets up and out of the bed, walking over to his duffle bag. “I don’t think you exactly hate me, Peachy.” He grabs a shirt, holding it out for me to take.

I reluctantly take it. “Thanks.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll buy you some new underwear,” he says, getting back into the bed.

“I don’t want you buying me underwear, Jaydon.”

“I’ll even get the same ones, so next time I can rip them again.”

“There won’t be a next time,” I say as I slide his large shirt over my head and towel, avoiding his stare, then stand and slip the towel from under the shirt, throwing it to the floor. “Actually, I’m heading back to my room.”

“No, you’re not… stay here with me, Peachy.” He pats the empty bed beside him.

“Jaydon, I’m not sleeping in the bed with you again.”

He has an exasperated look on his face, “So you’ll fuck me, but won’t sleep in the bed with me?” He reaches over, grabbing my shoulders to pull me down with him. I giggle at his antics. When I look his way, he has the sweetest smile on his face. “It’s late and I’m not walking you back to your room… and I’m not letting you walk alone, so you’re staying with me, now get under the damn covers. I’m fucking exhausted.”

“Whatever.” I huff, acting like I’m mad, but I secretly love that he wants me to stay with him.

I’m still fucking pissed about him messing with my sister, but I’m too tired and flying on endorphins to give a fuck at this point. He pulls the covers up over both of us.

We’re lying close but not touching. My heart is racing at the thought of him lying next to me. The silence is killing me; I crave his touch.

“Jay… doesn’t this feel weird?” I ask quietly.

It actually doesn’t feel weird at all. I just want to see what he says.

“No, Peachy… but I can make it weird…” his strong arm reaches across my body and pulls me over to him, snuggling his body into mine. “…now go to sleep, it's fucking morning already.”

I don’t know what to say. But fuck it—I’m not fighting him on this. It feels too good, so fucking good, being held by him. I will hate myself when I wake up. I know this, but right now, I will take what I can from him.

Smelling his cologne and feeling his warm, hard body pressed against mine is dangerously addictive. I’m afraid that if I move, I will break whatever spell is surrounding us.

We’re supposed to be enemies. Yet here we are, finding solace in each other's arms like we've done this a thousand times before.

“Night, Jay,” I whisper, barely able to find my voice.

“Fuck—” he groans; the thought just hit him. “You’re not wearing any underwear.”

I can't help the wicked smile that lights up my face. “Nope,” I say, as I giggle at his torture.

He lets out a strangled breath behind me, and his arms instinctively tighten around me in response. Then I forget about all the lines we’re crossing when I snuggle back into his chest and drift off to sleep.

Ellie

My fucking head is killing me; it feels like someone has hit me with a wooden hammer, and it's throbbing. I’m waking, coming out of the murky haze I’m in. I feel a heavy arm draped over my midsection, pulling me in tight and something hard poking me from behind. Fuck, memories of last night are coming back to me.

Why the hell have I done this with him again?

I make the worst decisions when I’m around him. And it’s all because I can’t fucking think straight with him near me. My body reacts, out of my control, no matter how badly I want to stay away from him, I can’t, and he uses that to his advantage.

I shift to look at the clock, and it lets me know that we don’t have much time until we have to check out. I need to get back to the room before Haleigh or Ryan notices I slept in the same room as Jaydon. Shit, I hope they haven’t figured it out yet.

Jaydon shifts behind me, his hand swiping close to my breast, causing my nipples to harden. I need to get out of this bed. Quietly, I slide out from under his arm and sit on the edge of the bed, the room slightly spinning. I close my eyes a few times, trying to get it to stop. I feel like hell.

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