“Now I know what my brother’s O-face looks like, that my bestie is a screamer during sex, and exactly how she sounds when she comes.”
Jase grins, and I giggle. Nuzzling his head in my neck from behind, he moves his mouth to my ear. “I have a solution to our problems,” he whispers, and his warm breath sends a new wave of delicious tremors coasting over my body.
My pussy throbs with fresh need as desire pools in my belly. Reaching around, I grab hold of his hardening dick and begin stroking it. “Please tell me it involves more sex,” I half joke.
He holds me tighter against his hot body, pressing a soft kiss to my neck, making me shiver, before he says, “Let’s make a baby.”
ChapterThirty-Eight
Ashley
“What are you doing here?” I ask Mom when I step into my kitchen and find her seated at the island unit drinking a coffee.
“Waiting for you,” she coolly replies, sliding off her stool when Bree and Jase appear in the room. “We need to talk.”
Jase drops my bag on the floor and leans against the doorway as Bree comes up alongside me.
“Don’t be shy, Jase. Come in.” Mom smiles as she reaches for three mugs. “I’m pretty sure I know you’ve been warned to stay away from my daughter in the same way I know neither of you will heed that warning.”
She has ditched her long wavy hair and the more casual attire she was favoring in recent months for a stern look I’m familiar with—the chignon, pearls, silk blouse, pencil skirt, and heels are her staple wardrobe as a Luminary. Guess she is fully back in the fold now and there’s no need to pretend otherwise.
All it does is irritate me more. “Would you have?” I imbue sass with my tone and my petulant stance.
She looks over her shoulder at me as she pours coffee into the three cups. “Definitely not.” She grins as she distributes the coffee. “Who do you think you inherited your rebellious streak from?”
Ugh. It’s just like her to try to claim credit for that. “I’m pissed at you,” I admit, narrowing my eyes at her over the rim of my mug as I blow on the steam.
She nods. “That’s understandable.”
“But I don’t have the time or the energy to get into it now. I need to find Chad. Is he here, and where does he think we were this past week?” We discussed this in the car on the ride here. Chad must have assumed Jase and I were somewhere together. Bree says she hasn’t seen him, and all my mom told her was that it was handled.
“That’s what I wanted to talk to you about.” Mom gestures for us to follow her to the dining table.
When we are all seated with our drinks, she begins explaining. “The first thing you should know is I came here on Sunday when you were at Doug and Hera’s. I asked Chad to marry you.”
I spit coffee all over the table. “What the hell, Mom?”
“I thought if you did what I did, married a plebeian and got pregnant, they would leave you alone.”
Jase and I share a knowing look. It’s a version of what we have planned.
“Chad wouldn’t agree,” she adds.
Her words slice a line through my heart, which is ridiculous because, of course, he wouldn’t agree to marry me. It’s not the normal thing when you’re still young and a freshman in college.
Jase grabs my hand under the table, giving it a comforting squeeze. “Chad would marry Ash in a heartbeat if he had money. I’m guessing he declined because he isn’t in a position to take care of her the way a husband should.”
“You know your friend well.” Mom traces her finger around the rim of her mug. “Yes, money was the issue. I offered to pay him, but I’m afraid that only made things worse.” She shrugs, like it’s no biggie.
I jump up, gripping the table as I glare at her. “You did what?” I yell, ready to tear her limb from limb. Chad is very proud, and he won’t accept a penny from me or Jase, so Mom offering this would have seriously insulted him.
“You’re as dramatic as he is. Relax, Ashley, and sit back down.”
Did I really feel like I bonded with this woman in the crypt? How on earth did I believe this experience would draw us closer together? It’s clear to me Pamela’s Luminary indoctrination is embedded far deeper than she realizes. “How dare you offer to sell me to him! It’s as demeaning as what happened to me in that crypt.”
“Sit down, Ashley.” Her sharp tone matches the sour look on her face. “I was trying to protect you the only way I knew how. It’s only money. How was I to know he has a major chip on his shoulder?”
Jase pulls me down on his lap and wraps his arms around me. “I know your actions came from a place of love, Pamela, but the fact is, you insulted Chad in a big way coming here and asking him that.”
