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He didn’t lean down to kiss me. He just stared into my eyes. Like he wanted to see every reaction I made to his touch.

“I feel like I’ve asked you a million times,” he said. “But I’m going to try again now that you know nothing between us is fake. Now that you know how much I want this too. Let me show you how good you make me feel.” His hand slid a little higher.

God, that was all I could think about. “Yes, help me out of this skirt.” I reached behind myself, but couldn’t find the zipper.

He chuckled. “Turn around.”

I turned around so I was on all fours on my bed.

Jacob groaned. “You’re so sexy.” His fingers ran down my spine and then grabbed my zipper. He slowly lowered it, letting the fabric pool around my knees. He ran his hand up the inside of my thigh from behind. He was just about to reach where I desperately wanted him to touch when the trapdoor started to lift.

Axel whistled as he walked into my room. But he stopped when he saw what he had just walked in on. His eyebrows lowered as he stared at me.

Ah! I grabbed my skirt and pulled it against myself. I slid backward on the bed so that my ass wasn’t exposed.

“Axel, what the hell are you doing here?” Jacob asked. He put his hand out in front of me to keep my skirt in place over my chest.

“I came to check on our girl.”

Our girl? What the heck was he talking about?

“How are you doing?” Axel asked me. “That was quite the fight between your dad and Mr. Halifax.”

“Everything’s fine,” I said. Kind of. Hopefully. “Jacob calmed me down.”

“Cool, cool,” Axel said and kicked off his dress shoes like he was planning on staying for some reason. “Well, don’t bother covering yourself. Nothing I haven’t seen before.”

I knew my face was scarlet. Him implying that I’d stripped down to my bra and thong in front of him was not exactly accurate.

He pulled off his tuxedo jacket and tossed it over top of Jacob’s. And then he walked back over to my bed. “Scoot over, Scarlett.”

What?

He collapsed on the bed beside me before I had a chance to move. “Seriously, this thing is everywhere.” He grabbed my skirt and tossed it to the side.

I wrapped my arm in front of my bra as I slid under the covers to hide myself.

“Axel, we’re in the middle of something,” Jacob said.

“Don’t let me interfere.” Axel yawned. “I’m just gonna take a quick nap.” He put one of his arms behind his head on the pillow. And for some reason he winked at me.

I was going to kill him.

Jacob sighed and looked at me.

I just shrugged because I didn’t know what else to do. “I’m sorry,” I mouthed silently. I needed to confess to him that Axel had been coming over every night. But now didn’t seem like the right time. And obviously I was going to tell Axel to stop coming now that Jacob and I were officially dating. I just hadn’t gotten a chance to yet.

“Aren’t you guys tired?” Axel asked. “Tonight was wild. Best homecoming yet in my book though.”

I wasn’t sure I agreed with that. Yes, Jacob becoming my boyfriend was wonderful. But the rest of the night was a big pile of crap.

“My crown looked good on you,” Axel said and yawned again. His yawn soundly awfully fake.

I ignored him. Honestly I had no idea where his homecoming king crown was. I think I might have given it to my mom. “Axel, don’t you have somewhere to be?”

“Yeah. Here. Obviously. It’s like one of our old sleepovers. I’m feeling nostalgic tonight. Maybe we should call Soph. She’ll be sad she missed out. Someone call her. Scarlett, grab your glasses and call her.”

I glared at him. I didn’t need anyone else in my bed right now. And I was still pissed at him for messing with my phone settings so I needed to wear glasses to unlock it.