AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“I’m going to have to go home,” Teal said. “Sometime this weekend.”
“Tomorrow night, we’ll go around the back. You can grab some clothes and stay with me for as long as your parents are out of town. I don’t like you being alone in that house.”
“Jaxson, it’s a quiet neighborhood.”
“Don’t care. Anything can happen anywhere. Eat your food.”
She didn’t know if it was bad that she loved how bossy hegot.
She picked up her fork and saw he’d made them both a big breakfast. Bacon, eggs, and she even saw a sausage as well. Some tomatoes. It looked good. Hunger hit her quickly, and she started to chop her food up, hoping she didn’t look like a pig as she ate.
Normally for breakfast, it was plain, old cereal. Not that there was ever anything wrong with that.
“Do you want some bread?” he said.
“Oh, yes, please. I’m starving.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll remember to feed you properly from now on.” He winked at her.
She chuckled. It had been a long time since she felt this way. Being with Jaxson made her happy. Even after talking to her parents, which sometimes made her feel sick, that wasn’t there right now. Only Jaxson.
“So, I was thinking, we’ll eat this, then we’ll get changed. I want you to go through another two examination conditions today. I’ll mark them after each one.”
“My parents are out of the country. We’ve got the whole house to ourselves. Do you really want to … study and work?” She knew she didn’t. There was an opportunity to be alone with him, and she wanted to take it.
Jaxson took her hand and pulled her closer, kissing her knuckles. “There will be plenty of time for all of that later. For now, we’re going to make sure you pass your tests and that you don’t have to repeat. You’re not dropping out either, so don’t give me any lip.”
She rolled her eyes. “You don’t have to worry. It’ll all be fine.”
“I’m not taking any chances. I’m being serious about this, Teal. I’m going to put my job on the line for you. You’ve got to do this for me.”
“Why is it so important to you?” she asked.
“You’re important, and this is important.”
She took a deep breath. “Did you make your previous lovers do this?” Teal didn’t even know what to call herself. A lover? A girlfriend. She had no idea what she actually was.
“No.”
“Then why am I?”
“None of my previous lovers were eighteen-year-old students, Teal. And I didn’t give a fuck about what happened to them. They were not important to me.”
But she was.
“Do you have any other lovers or girlfriends that I should know about?”
Jaxson finished chewing on his bite of bread. “Do you think I’m the kind of guy who would do that?”
“I, I don’t know. I don’t really know you, do I?”
He sighed. “No, you’re right. You don’t know me. Not the real me, but that’s okay. I’ve got plenty of time to show you exactly who you’re dealing with. Now, eat your breakfast.”
His commanding tone shouldn’t affect her, but it did.
She didn’t have much left of her breakfast, and she finished everything off with a slice of bread through all the tomato juices on her plate.
Jaxson picked up her plate, and she watched him clear up the table. She should have known he was going to make her continue to study.
