Page 84 of The Star

“Much better.” I grin, kissing his cheek. “Thank you.”

I’m dressed in jeans that are torn apart, showing off the fishnet stockings that I have on underneath. The bralette I paired with it is black, with straps crossing over my cleavage. There isn’t as much skin showing as there could be – my jeans are high waisted and the stockings come up even higher, almost reaching where the straps of my bralette crossing over my ribs are.

“I’m going to have to pluck the eyeballs from the skulls of every guy here,” Carson grumbles, squeezing my hips.

I can already hear the bass from the music Levi turned on in the living room, and when I made my way upstairs earlier, Hayden was setting up endless liquor bottles on the kitchen counter. I am guessing we’re not going to school tomorrow, since it’s feeling like it’s going to be a long night.

“You’ll have more important things to worry about if Cassidy got an invite.”

He pulls back to look at me. “Hayden knows better.”

Clicking my tongue, I roll my eyes at him. “Are you really saying you don’t think someone didn’t tell her that herboyfriendis having a party tonight?”

He sighs. “She wouldn’t dare show up after the way we left things at the wedding.”

“You never told me what happened after I went upstairs last night,” I point out, looking into the blue sea of his eyes.

“Nothing happened,” he says. “I kept my distance from her, and when it was time for her to leave, I told her to stay away from me.”

“And?” I push.

“And nothing. She made some more empty threats and left.”

I sigh, searching his gaze. As his hands run up my back, and he pulls me into him, I feel a twinge in my chest as I imagine what will happen if Cassidy’s threats aren’t as empty as Carson thinks they are. She holds our fate in the palm of her sick and twisted hand, and I don’t want this to blow up before it even starts.

“Logan,” he breathes into my neck as he melds his body to mine. “She’s not going to show up, and if she does, I’ll throw her out.”

I rest my head against his. “It doesn’t matter. It’s not like we can evenbetogether tonight, Carson. Dumb and Dumber invited the entire school.”

“We could just tell everyone we’re smashing,” he mumbles into my hair.

Laughing, I pull back and look at him like he’s the dumbest boy in the world. “You’re funny.”

He smiles. “We’re going to have to tell people eventually, so why not just rip the Band-Aid off ?”

I press my lips together, blowing air from my nose. “I’m going downstairs to get blackout drunk. Please stop being a moron.”

He laughs as I pull from his arms to start walking to the door. Grabbing my hand, he pulls me back against his body. “Make out with me a little first, baby.”

I grin as he presses his lips to mine, his tongue licking against my bottom lip to request entrance. I open for him, meeting his tongue with my own as his hands slide around my waist, then down to my ass. He squeezes the globes as we kiss, making a mess of the lipstick I applied moments before. Running my hands up the back of his neck, I play with the strands of hair there as I melt against him, nipping at his lips with my teeth and making him groan.

He squeezes me so hard that I squeal in my throat, but he swallows down the noise as he keeps kissing me. I suck on his tongue as it moves around inside my mouth, making him flex his hips against mine.

“You’re making me hard,” he groans, pressing his erection against me again.

I slide my hand down his stomach, hovering just above the waistband of his jeans. “You want me to take care of it?”

“If you touch my cock right now, Logan, I’ll spend the entire night between your legs. Is that what you want?” he breathes into my mouth.

I nod. “Kind of, yeah.”

There’s a bang at the door, making me jump away from Carson and wipe at my mouth. Levi comes barging in. “Yo, Lo. Your friends are here.”

I run my thumb against the outline of my bottom lip. “Did you just call me Lo?”

He shrugs, his gaze pinging from me to Carson, then back again. “Were you guys fucking?”

I sigh, laughing a little. “I’m fully clothed, is that how people fuck?”

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