You’re my friend.Okay?
There had been other conversations about Jess over the years, but Jayden had drawn a line in the sand between my friendship with him and anything that may have been possible with Jessie.
He’d been there for me when Dad died, and I owed him.I owed all the Rogers.Fucking their daughter was not the way to repay them.
Jessie was way too young back then to understand any of this.So, it was up to me to be the responsible one...and jerk off in the shower instead.
Running my palm over my morning wood, which was twice as big today, approximately, I gave it a squeeze.
“Not today.Not with Jessie in the house.”I groan.
Out of principle, I wasn’t jerking off with her anywhere within a mile of my dick.When I closed my eyes, it would be her I saw.
And all the other thousands of times.
Letting out a sigh, I toss back the covers and reach for a pair of jeans.I need a shower, so forgo the shirt and head to the kitchen for a glass of water and my morning supplements.
Jessie’s door is open, and I pray she’s left a note and headed to Mexico or something.
No such luck.
I smell the coffee before I reach the end of the hallway.Closing my eyes, I draw in a breath, wrench my head left and right to loosen my neck, and then step into the kitchen.
Jesus Fucking Christ.
“Jessie!”
She spins around and straightens from her inappropriate, and I suspect purposeful, position.
“Oh.Good morning.”Her eyes drift over my chest and down to the top of my jeans.
I stifle my groan and head to the tap, reaching for a glass and my vitamins.
I swallow them down.
“The appropriate response isgood morning, Jessie.”She hates being ignored.
I drink half the glass and turn.
“Let’s get some house rules in place.”
She props out a hip, and I keep my eyes above her chin.
My voice is gravel when I add, “No leaving your bedroom in panties.And no bending over the kitchen table when you are wearing fucking panties.”
Jessie smiles.
I’d wipe that fucking smile off your face, little girl, and have you begging me to stop.
My nostrils flare, and her smile falters.Heat simmers between us, and I know that’s my cue to leave.Fast.
I curse, down the rest of the water and turn to drop the glass in the sink.
“That’s it?”
“What?”I turn.
“Those all the rules?”Jessie asks as I narrow my eyes.
