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That earns him another eye roll. “Your ego is amazing.”
“I know.”
“I was being sarcastic,” I mutter dryly.
“I know that too. Now, get up. I really did promise Mum I’d bring you over. She wants to meet you. She felt bad she couldn’t come over before now.”
I bite my lip nervously. “What if she really doesn’t like me, CJ? It will come between us and I don’t want to lose you.”
His face turns serious, the joking side of him gone as he runs his fingers across my cheek. “Cupcake, she isn’t going to hate you. She’ll love you. I was even going to warn you about her being touchy feely. She loves to hug people, so be prepared. And nothing will ever come between us, ever. I’ve been in relationships before, and not once have I brought a girl home to meet her. You mean something to me, Cupcake. What we have I don’t take lightly, and I’d fight to keep you. You’re pretty fucking special.”
My eyes burn with threatening tears. Sometimes I wonder if he has a serious bone in his body, but then he has these moments where he drops the cool boy act he loves to play and speaks from his heart. He did it the night Willow learned about my past with Logan. He found out what happened, and he was here. He stayed with me until I told him he had to go. The next morning, he came barging in, demanding I tell him everything that Logan did.
I’d never seen anger like he showed that day. I didn’t think he possessed the emotion; he’s so laid back. It was scary, but behind that anger I saw pain, turmoil. I knew he wasn’t just feeding off what happened to me, but something that had happened to him. That’s when I told him everything, and before I knew it, he was telling me everything about himself: how his mum was raped, and he was the product of it.
To me, his mum is the bravest and strongest person I’ve ever heard of, and I’ve never even met her. It didn’t matter how she conceived him; she loved him anyway. And loveable he is.
“You really do say the sweetest things,” I tell him, before kissing him. He runs his tongue across my bottom lip and I grant him access, opening my mouth. Even with the horror of morning breath, I let him deepen the kiss, running my fingers through his hair.
His hand glides down my side, causing shivers to break out all over. When he pulls back, I want to moan in protest.
His eyes are heated as he stares down at me. “Maybe we should stay in bed and do this all day.”
I can feel his erection pressing against my hip, and although the thought of staying in bed with him all day excites me, I know I’ll cave under his touch.
I’ve been wanting to go further in our relationship for a while, but something inside me has wanted to pull back and make sure he really does have the same feelings I have for him. He could fuck me, then finish with me in a blink of an eye. I’d rather know for sure how he feels, hear him say it before going further, but I’ll not push those feelings onto him by telling him that. I want to know that when he tells me, it’s true and honest, not something he knows I want to hear.
I kiss him once more before pulling back. “Let’s get ready. I don’t want my first impression to be bad if we’re doing this.”
He grins down at me like I’m nuts. “You’re such a goof.”
I slap his shoulder. “Stop it. Let’s go and do this.”
*** *** ***
The minute we pull into the drive of an extravagant home, I know I’m completely out of my element. My dad comes from money and our house is pretty big, with one cook and a housekeeper, but this house is something else entirely. It’s big enough to fit the entire student population at Whithall and still have rooms free.
Okay, I might be exaggerating, but still, it’shuge.
I glance down at my clothes once again, feeling like I should have put something nicer on. Instead, I opted for my white T-shirt with black pinafore dress. I made sure to put my black pumps on with my thigh-high socks and a black jacket to match. I even accessorized with a black bow choker.
I left my hair down to dry, and now it’s a mass of loose waves. I wish CJ had given me more time to sort it out, as it’s a little frizzy.
I’m slow in the mornings as it is, but with so little time, I did the best I could. I just wish CJ would have given me a fifth cup of coffee; I’d probably be a little more productive.
“You ready?” CJ asks, pulling me from my thoughts as he parks in front of a four-door garage.
I nibble on my bottom lip, nervously looking from the house to CJ. “I think so.”
He pulls my lip from between my teeth. “Stop biting that lip, it’s tempting me.”
A blush rises in my cheeks, and even though I’m a nervous wreck, my body sways towards him. When he’s blunt and talking dirty, it’s like I lose every train of thought.
Before I can stop myself, I lean over, pull his head towards me and kiss him. When I taste the sweetness of his tongue, my head snaps back and I narrow my eyes at him.
“You’ve been eating my sweets—again!”
He rolls his eyes at me, unbuckling his seatbelt. “I had to have something while I was waiting for you to get ready. I was going to die of starvation.”
