I was planning to be more coherent when I walked out of the locker room and went back to Brian, but that’s not how things went.
I kissed him first. And he didn’t pull away. He never did. His lips parted and he slipped his tongue into my mouth, filling it. He licked every crevice of my neck, covering it with demanding kisses. He played with a point behind my earlobe, setting off a wave of warmth in my skin, veins, and stomach.
I remembered that he only had a towel on when he grabbed my hips and straddled me on top of him. He brushed his pelvis against my underwear, and I felt his member between my thighs.
I was about to fuck up for the umpteenth time that day.
“James, no.”
“Fuck,” he cursed, holding on to the towel with his fist.
“Are you sure this time?”
“Yeah,” I admitted, my eyes glued to the floor.
He lifted my chin with two fingers, forcing me to look at him.
“You’re going back to him?”
I promised Amelia. And Taylor. And myself.
“Yeah, James.”
25
Jackson
Two weeks earlier
“You gotta do something for me.”
James came into Tropical with such an intense expression that it made me shiver. He seemed more agitated than usual.
“I’m right here.” William.
Because William didn’t even listen to what James had to say. He was always in, regardless.
“Well?”
James stared at Marvin, who, sprawled on a seat, nodded, not looking very convinced.
“I didn’t hear you, Marvin. Speak the fuck up.”
I couldn’t tolerate James’s aggression, not in the least when he directed it at us.
“Why don’t you chill out?” chortled Marvin slowly. “Okay, anyway,” he quickly added, noticing James’s impatient expression.
James took my drink out of my hands to take a sip. I was the weakest link. I knew it.
“I don’t know what this is about,” I said cautiously. Obviously, I wouldn’t like the answer.
“Do you really have to know?” He raised an eyebrow, walking around the table to shorten the distance.
Breathe, Jackson.
Calming myself down with him breathing down my neck wasn’t easy at all.
“Well, it wouldn’t be a bad thing. You could at least clue us in as to why we’re meeting up.”
