Page 96 of Rules and Roses (Untouchable 1)

Jake and I had just… and I glanced to find him watching me steadily. “You’re dating us,” he said slowly. “We didn’t do anything wrong.”

No. We hadn’t. I crawled over to grab my phone and sent Archie a pretty please with a starry-eyed emoji.

Jake watched me do it and then laughed. He picked up his phone, showed me the screen then sent,Well, duh. Make it a quad shot.

Ian and Coop answered in fairly rapid succession. Then Jake dropped his phone on my bed and pressed a kiss to my shoulder. “Shower?”

I clicked the screen off and set my phone next to his—in the middle of my very rumpled bed.

We hadn’t done anything wrong, and I felt great. Meeting his gaze, I grinned. “And other things.”

“Oh, definitely,” Jake held out a hand and I took it. “Other things are most assuredly on the menu.”

The Morning After

Coop: Yo, Jake, why are you parked at Frankie’s?

Archie: He’s at Frankie’s?

Bubba: He was last night after she got off work.

Archie: That was last night, it’s morning.

Coop: No shit. Jake—answer your texts, man.

Jake: I’m getting ready to leave for school.

Coop:…

Bubba:…

Archie: …

Jake: I’m gonna grab donuts on the way.

Coop: Hold the phone. Did you go home

last night?

Archie: …

Bubba: Wait, what?

Jake: Rule #7 guys.

Coop: Fuck rule 7, why were you at her

place all night?

Jake: 1st. FU Coop. 2ndsee rule 7

Bubba: Cool it, guys. Jake, c’mon, man,

you gotta give us something.

Archie: I’m thinking he went for something.

Coop: …

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