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Leo
Evie's not broken.Far from it. But she is probably a little raw still. She probably feels the void in her father’s absence. And more than likely, it hurts from time to time when she thinks about him. But she's not broken. Not even a little.
Learning about her father's recent passing explains a lot about Max's reaction. It's not an excuse for him being overbearing, but at least I know there's a reason. Without their father in the picture, he feels responsible for his sisters.
As much as I hate it, I respect him for it.
A hell of a lot more than I did earlier tonight.
That doesn't mean I still don't want Evie. Which is why I agree to lie to Max. For a little while anyway.
He's a smart guy. He'll catch on eventually, even if we're never around him together.
Walking away from her tonight, my dick still hard from the brush of her heat against it, was a challenge. Even though I'm going to see her tomorrow.
Less than seven hours from now.
For breakfast.
Which I hope includes the taste of her skin. I felt like I was in heaven when my lips were on her. So sweet, surrounded by the scent of peaches and cream.
I may have inhaled a little too deeply a few times. Sniffed her hair.
She didn't seem to notice.
I wanted to lick my way up her throat. Nibble on her flesh. Wrap her hair around my hand and tip her head back so I had better access.
Honestly, I'm proud of myself for playing it cool when my body felt like it was going to burst into flames at any moment. I've never felt this way before about a girl. The need to touch her, to taste her, is overwhelming.
Seeing her makes me feel alive. Those cobalt blue eyes, a sea of emotion, telling me everything she feels, everything she wants to hide from me.
Hearing her voice is soothing to my soul. The way she says my name while I'm touching her, a plea for more.
Her sweet scent sends shots of adrenaline south. I'll never be able to look at a peach without thinking about her. Without getting hard.
"Someone got laid," Craig announces as he walks into the room, tossing his jacket and a small bag on his bed.
"Congrats, man." I'm happy for him, though, a little jealous.
"I was talking about you. I know what that smug grin means." He's smiling at me, challenge in his eyes. He thinks I'm lying to him.
"I didn't get laid."
"You sure about that?" Wagging his eyebrows, Craig attempts to coax a confession out of me for the next ten minutes.
Which is when I realize I won't be able to tell him about my arrangement with Evie. That I'm going to have to stop talking about her all together. I'm going to have to lie to him about where I'm going when he asks.
Because I suddenly don't trust that he won't go straight to Max with the information. To get in his good graces. I sure as hell know he'll tell Julian, who will in turn tell Max.
Their group of friends are close. I noticed it the second I saw them all standing together around the keg. It was the first party of the year, the same night I first laid eyes on my angel. Before I knew she was Max's little sister. Before shit got complicated.
Finn and Max are best friends, though. Max has anger issues any time Lo is around and Finn has his hands on her. Then there's Finn's two younger brothers. I don't remember their names, but you can see how close the three of them are, and Max seems like more of a brother to them than a friend.
On the other side of Max was Julian, Craig's big brother in the house. He's pretty laid back and knows how to calm Max down. I like him a lot. His roommate Brady was the one handing out plastic cups full of beer. The guy never speaks, or at least I've never heard him speak. I can tell he's always listening, though.
We need to stay away from him if we don't want to get caught.
Then the tweedle-dumb brothers, as Max likes to call them, were on the other side of Brady. Colt and Kane. You'd never know they were friends except you never see one without the other. They're as opposite as they come— Kane is dressed like a preppy nerd, never taking off his sunglasses, while it's clear Colt is in a band with his 90s grunge look and shaggy hair.
