CHAPTER 28
Alondra
“We’re supposed to be studying,”I protest in between kisses.
Jack chuckles against my mouth, and it makes me smile. “Nope, I thought about this all Thanksgiving break,” he says, and now it’s my turn to laugh because Jack sent me a number of messages about things he saw that reminded him of me, and they were usually followed up with anI miss youand anI can’t wait to kiss youmessage.
I can’t even pretend I didn’t spend all of last week thinking about Jack. It was better to disappear into my thoughts about him than to exist in my house for the chaotic holiday.
“How will you make it through winter break?” I ask, and Jack frowns, sitting back.
“Well I hadn’t considered it before now, but I guess it means you’ll have to come visit Texas with me,” Jack says it so casually whereas my heart is ready to burst into fireworks at his suggestion he won’t survive break without me. “I’ve been dying to get you alone, so I’m willing to sacrifice a little tutoring,” he continues, pressing his lips against mine before I have a chance to respond.
My willpower is slowly waning, and he shouldn’t be allowed to be this good at kissing. It makes it really hard to tell him no, when I actually want to say hell yes.
I run my fingers through his hair, and Jack’s mouth is hot and heavy against mine, the papers I printed earlier in the library crinkle beneath me. “Jack,” I say, but instead of sounding like the scolding I intended it to be, it comes out like a plea for more.
“If it makes you feel better, we can call this a different kind of studying,” he murmurs, leaning me back on his bed to position himself over me. I’m putty in his large hands. I know if I actually wanted him to stop, he would in a heartbeat, but all the tension building between us has finally boiled over, making it impossible to separate from him.
I know friends with benefits is an awful idea I should have said no to when he knocked on my door a week and a half ago, but dammit. Saying no to Jack is something I’m not sure I’m capable of.
I wasn’t going to say yes, but lying there in his arms? I felt safe, and it feels delusional to ask if this is his way of trying to see if he’s able to be in a relationship. All I know is the little spark of hope has bloomed into a small flame, waiting to burn me alive.
Jack trails his lips down my neck, sucking and biting at the sensitive skin. My hand sweeps over his broad shoulders, feeling the strength and power in him. “Seriously, we should be . . . studying.”
“Don’t want to,” he mumbles against my skin. Jack reaches for my hand to slip it under his shirt, and I trace the hardened planes. I don’t like Jack for his body, but fuck, I sure am happy to appreciate the efforts of his work.
I tug his shirt up, relenting to the fact we’re not going to get any studying done. He pulls away with a grin to yank his shirt off in one fluid motion.
Wow.
I smile up at him and his chestnut hair, tousled from my hands in it.
We’re having fun so I should just enjoy this.
I sit up, pulling my own shirt off, willing my nerves to disappear as Jack’s eyes fall straight to my chest. “Al, fuck. You have agreatbody.”
“You don’t have to say that,” I say, but truthfully, it makes my heart glow.
“No, I do. Fuck, you have no idea what you do to me. You’re beautiful,” he says, meeting my eyes again. It’s the genuine sincerity in his voice that gets me, and I don’t know how to respond, so I lean forward and kiss him again.
Jack pulls me closer to him, and this time, he’s the one on his back as I straddle his waist and he guides my pelvis to move over his, the outline of his erection pressing against me in all the right ways.What the fuck have I gotten myself into?
I rest my hands on his chest, feeling the warmth of his skin seep into the chill, and Jack cups my ass with both his hands, squeezing them as I yelp in surprise.
Jack laughs, his eyes shining while he smiles. “You have to be quiet, or they’re going to figure out we’re not really studying in here.”
“How was I supposed to know you were going to grab my ass?” I ask, but all they’ll have to do is try to open his door, which Jack made sure to lock after we came in here. I should have known right then we wouldn’t be studying at all, but instead, he waited until I had pulled everything out of my bag to kiss me.
“Because it’s a great ass.”
I roll my eyes, shaking my head at him. “You’re only saying that because I’m letting you touch it.”
“Or because it’s a fantastic ass,” he says, a throaty laugh leaving him. Jack smiles at me, and the sight of his damndimples causes the edges of my heart to soften. I like him.Fuck, I really like him.
Jack leans up to kiss me, my curls falling like a curtain around us, but this time, it’s soft and tender—more teasing than anything else.
My hands explore his chest as Jack bites down on my lower lip, my short gasp giving him full access to my mouth.
