Page 44 of Wallflower No More

"Why, because it's making you wet?" He bites his lower lip. I don't say anything but nod my head in agreement. He digs his nails into my skin, which only makes me wetter. Then Axel's hand soars higher until his index finger runs up and down my slit through my panties.

I thrust into his touch. He smiles in my hair. "So fucking wet, Wallflower." He continues his assault until our phones go off at the same time. He leans over and stops when he sees the message that Blaze has sent me. "Who the fuck is Blaze?"

Oh shit. "One of my best friends."

He picks up my phone and shows me the message.

Blaze: What's up, beautiful?

His look is deadly, and I can feel the fury as it exudes off of him. "Axel, I won't lie to you. Blaze is the only other guy I've had sex with. We were never an item, just friends, and I didn't want to come to college a virgin."

"Have you told him about us?" He fumes.

"No, but I haven't talked to him since we started going out," I admit.

"Tell him now." Axel demands.

"Okay." That's so random.

"Fucking now, Scarlett." He slides my phone closer to me with his eyebrow lifted.

I pick up my phone and type.

Me: Hey! On a date with my boyfriend. Ttyl.

Axel looks over my shoulder the entire time I'm typing. He seems to be satisfied with my message. "You should probably know that he plays for LSU. Y'all will play them in a few. That's probably why he was messaging me."

He lifts an eyebrow. "Blaze Renfro?"

"The one and only." I shrug.

His smile doesn't reach his eyes, probably because the evil glint is in there instead. "Oh, I can't fucking wait."

"Axel Creed, you can't hurt him!" Panics start to settle in my chest.

He taps the table. "Sure."

This isn't good. Axel needs time to cool off before we broach this topic again. He pays the tab, and we're on our way to do our book crawl. I prefer local bookstores to chains, and Austin doesn't disappoint on that front. As we arrive at our first one, I head straight for the smut Booktok section. He follows close behind me and only laughs when I try to shoo him away. I have to bite my lips to keep from laughing when his eyes about bulge out of his head as he reads some of the contents of the dark romance I'm holding.

"What the hell are you reading? And better yet, why am I not reading it with you? This is fucking awesome, babe!" I kiss his upturned lips but can't reply because I'm already lost in the story. He takes the book from my hands and places it in our carry bag. I cut my eyes at him, but he holds his hands up in defeat. Leaning in close to me, he whispers, "We're doing that scene together." That's all Axel says as he casually walks away. My chest beats frantically. Axel takes me by the hand as we approach the next aisle. "I've always loved looking at you when you read a book, the way your cheeks blush, the way you smile. I can't wait to witness that up close."

Confusion hits my senses. "You've never been around me as I've read a book."

He laughed. "But haven't I?” Axel lifts his brow in a challenge.

I bury my head in his chest. "You really are my stalker?"

He backs me up against a bookshelf. "I can neither admit nor deny any such thing.” He places his hand firmly on my throat and kisses me. People come our way, so we jump apart and laugh. Then, we browse the shelves for what seems like hours.

By the time we leave, it's too late to make it to another bookstore, but for every book I picked up and showed interest in, he put it in our bag and wouldn't let me pay for any of them. Axel is sweet, but also a crazy fucker that stalked me, that literally hacked into the school server to get my school schedule, but I can't help but love every single thing that he did for me, because sometimes wallflowers do get the guy.

Chapter 26

Football Games and Tailgating Parties

Everything Fearless 24/7

The time has arrived, and now that the Longhorn Nation is in the SEC, we've got our sights set on two different enemies. 1. Georgia and 2. Bama! Scarlett, you better give that man everything he needs and wants. We need Rabies in full chaos status today against Ole Miss!