My fork dropped. My jaw dropped. My face reddened. “No . . .” I breathed. “Mia, don’t tease me.”
“Yes, I saw it on his Instagram. You know it’s over with if it’s on social media.” Mia laughed lightly. “How long do you thinkit will take him to get from Alabama to here to knock the door down?”
“Bitch.” I grinned as I picked up my fork. “Itcouldhappen,” I said playfully. “I’m sure he has thought about me as much as I’ve thought about him.”
“Ava, the guy’s an idiot.”
“He’s delicious,” I corrected her.
“Ava, you’ve spoken to this nincompoop three times. Each time, he’s been so unbearably dull. I swear I was asleep last time.”
“You couldn’t possibly have been asleep; you were sucking the face off the wide receiver.”
Mia grinned at me and winked as she ate her supper. “Oh yeah, I knew something more fun than listening tohimwas happening.” Tossing her hair over her shoulder, she looked at me critically. “Three times, and he hasn’t even asked your name. All you spoke about was football.”
“I like football,” I reminded her.
“You’re impossible.”
“When did they break up?” I asked her eagerly.
“I don’t know, his status changed to newly single.” Mia eyed me as she scraped the bowl. “That was delicious.”
Finishing my own food, I shrugged at the compliment. “Needed more seasoning, I think.”
Mia said nothing as she took my bowl off me and went to the sink. “So, tell me about Jett.”
“Huh? Oh, nothing much, just that Wade said he got mugged.”
Mia looked far more interested in that than the object of my desire’s newly single status. “Who, when, where, and what did they take?”
“I don’t know.” Standing, I checked the time on my phone. “Any of it. I’m sure, by the time we come back tonight, you’ll be able to tell me.”
With a shove, my best friend followed me to my bedroom. “Hey, thanks for getting the AC fixed. It was actually pleasant to come home to.”
Should I tell her who she should thank? With her level of interest in Jett, I thought it best not to. “I didn’t do much.” Which was true, I hadn’t done anything. As I got my clothes out for tonight, I listened as Mia told me about her day. It was the most normal two hours I had spent since Friday.
Hoping that I was back to my normal self, I laughed along with my best friend. Which is why when we left later to meet Wade and the band, I was feeling happier and looking forward to a couple of hours of handing out flyers and listening to some good music.With Mia by my side and the two of us talking about anything and nothing, all was right in the world again.
Chapter 11: Ava
A strong hand ran down my spine as the other hand gripped my wrists in front of me, holding them together. My head was turned to the side, my cheek lay flat against the bed. And my moan, as fingers traced lightly over my ass, was loud.
His arm slid around my waist as he pulled me onto my knees. When he bent over my back, his grip on my wrists was gone. I felt a knee spread my legs more, and with one surge of his hips, he was inside me. His arm stayed wrapped around my waist as his other hand skimmed up my back, his fingers threading into my hair as he pulled me upward.
I was nothing but sensation. Fingers loosening from my hair, his hand glided lightly over my skin before wrapping around my throat, his thrusts becoming harder as I practically sat in his lap.
“What do you want?” he whispered into my ear.
“More,” I answered as my body bounced on his.
“Good.” He shoved me roughly back onto the bed, and my cry of surprise was muffled as I landed face-first onto the mattress. On hands and knees, I begged for more. I heard myself demand he fuck me harder, and I heard his answering laugh as he did as I instructed.
It was too much. The feeling in my toes was spreading up my legs. Every feeling, every touch, every awareness ofhimwas all being drowned out by the rapidly building pressure in my core; I was going to erupt. I could feel it.
And so could he.
“Come for me,” he ordered harshly in my ear.
