“That’s the part you heard?” He laughed and ran his hand over my cheek. “I’ll make you whatever you want.”
That sweet sentiment, even if he didn’t follow through on it, made my heart explode in my chest. “Okay.” I smiled and teased my tongue inside his mouth. “I’ll stay.”
He kept his eyes on me. My name formed on his lips as he pushed himself inside me.
There was something different about the way he touched me this time—holding me tightly, one arm around my hips and the other just below my breasts—as he trailed tender kisses up and down my neck. He was slow and passionate with his movements until the very end.
It didn’t feel like fucking. It didn’t feel like just sex. There was a part of himself he was sharing with me on a more intimate level than pleasure alone. The connection scared me because that wasn’t part of the plan. I liked plans. Emotions and feelings would make this more than what we’d silently agreed to.
But seeing him tear down part of his walls for me to let me in made me want to shed my own armor. Without thinking, I kissed him and tried to hold on to this strange light suddenly filling the void inside me. I knew it might cause more harm than good, but right now, it was euphoric.
We stayed in bed until Liam fulfilled every sweet release he’d said he’d give me. He even kept true to his word and cooked me breakfast.
It was the best damn French toast I’d ever had.
Nina slammed the door of the car so hard that it rattled my chest, and then she started marching across the parking lot toward Elevens. This was a twenty-four-year-old tantrum if I’d ever seen one.
“Nina? Nina, stop walking away,” I said, trailing behind her.
“It’s my birthday. Don’t tell me what to do.”
My shoulders sagged. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. How many times do I have to apologize? It’s not like it means anything.”
Her feet planted firmly in the ground as she craned her neck and laughed. “You’re going to tell me that you’re sleeping with someone just for sex?” Her mocking tone was unnerving. “You?”
I glanced around the parking lot. “Can you keep it down?”
“Oh! And that person happens to be not only your enemy since grade school, but also your brother’s best friend.”
She was happy for me.I think.She just needed to get over the fact that I hadn’t called her the moment it happened.
“Who are you?”
“It’s still me. I’m just letting go a little.”
“Yeah, well, the Avery I know doesn’t miss class to fuck some lead singer of a rock band.” Nina’s eyes widened, like something had hit her square in the nose. “Oh my God. That sounds so incredibly hot.”
My brows inched up my forehead as I breathed out a short laugh.
“Hot andstupid,” she added, holding on to her anger. “I thought you hated Liam?”
I nodded. “I thought I did too. He’s…different.”
“Different? Oh, honey. It must be really good sex.” She sympathized.
Headlights blinded me as they entered the parking lot, and then I saw the familiar truck.What the hell was Liam doing here?
“Oh, did I forget to tell you I invited everyone?” Her face morphed with sarcasm. “I invited Zayn too.”
My shoulders tensed.
“He couldn’t make it.”
She started to march up the steps when I caught her arm. “Nina, no one knows.”
“No one knows about the little sexcapade you two have been having for—how long has it been again? I’m sorry. I’m still trying to grasp all the information because Ijust found out today!”
My eyes pleaded with hers.
