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I hated it. I hated it so much. I’d spent so long wanting his touch, thinking I’d never get it. And now here he was, offering it up, wanting to smother me in it, and I couldn’t enjoy it.
He froze, hurt flashing through his multicolored eyes and making me loathe this moment even more. “Jess?”
“I’m going ahead to Shirley’s with Madison,” I said.
Beside me, Madison was quiet, looking between us all curiously.
“Matty, here’s your jacket,” I said, sliding it off my shoulder and holding it out. “Thank you.”
He stepped around Ben to take it, flinging it around his neck and then slipping his arm around my waist, taking some of the weight off my one leg. “Why do you look like that?”
“Like what?”
“Like someone kicked your puppy.”
“I don’t have a puppy.”
“I met your parents,” Madison said, moving this funfest right along.
Kruger jolted. “My parents?”
“Well, mine sure as hell wouldn’t be here,” Matt muttered.
I glanced up at him. “But your sister never misses a meet.”
His dark eyes softened a little, a small smile curving the corner of his lips. “That’s why you’re my favorite.”
Ben made a rude sound. “She’s my favorite. Not yours. You need to get a man, P.”
There was a beat of silence. “A-a man?” Madison echoed.
A flash of panic rolled over Prism’s face.
Ben made a sound. “Fuck.”
Madison glanced at Matt, the question dangling on her lips and swirling in her eyes. Against my side, Prism was so tense he felt like stone.
But then Madison turned back to Kruger, the curiosity in her face gone. “Your mother asked me if we’re dating.”
Matt relaxed, and Kruger groaned. “She fucking did not.”
“She fucking did,” Madison concurred.
“She also said you have plans with them for dinner,” I added. “We should go, Madison, or Jamie will be left to wait while they cook his food.”
“Heaven forbid,” Madison mused.
“Matty, you want to come with us?” I asked. I hoped he said yes. I could use my brother right now. He was the only other constant in my life besides Ben and a stack of bills.
“Sure,” he said, giving my waist a light squeeze like he could read my thoughts.
Using his muscled swimmer arm, he practically lifted me off my feet to help me walk.
We got maybe two steps when Ben pushed his way between us, replacing Matt’s support with his. “P, you go with Mads. We’ll catch up with you in a few.”
“What? No, I—”
My protests were silenced by Ben’s mouth slashing over mine. I froze in surprise for several heartbeats, but the second his tongue grazed mine, I melted into his body. He kissed me like he was starved, no shyness in his want. His tongue confidently stroked mine as his lips rubbed mercilessly against my skin, creating friction that made me hum. I clung to his shoulders, forgetting where we were, that there were people everywhere that could see. The doubt, the hurt, and the confusion clouding my mind bowed under his rule, turned their tails, and ran.
