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“Wells,” she warns, “you haven’t done anything you shouldn’t, have you?”
Clearing my throat, I try to calm myself down. I need to have patience with her, as much as I want to scream at her. This isn’t the time or the place. I inhale a deep breath. Thankfully, my mom takes this for what it is and begins to talk me through bringing Parker back.
It doesn’t take long. My mom is not only an expert at what she does, but Parker is also amazing. Once my mother is finished with me, she demands that I hand Parker my phone. I do, reluctantly, mainly because I won’t be able to hear what’s going on between them.
“Yes,” she whispers.
I watch as she slowly sinks down onto her ass, her back resting against the door as she brings her knees up to her chest. I stand above her, watching and wondering what the fuck is going on. She inhales deeply through her nose, then lets it out slowly out of her mouth. Once, twice, three times, before she speaks again.
“Yes, I’ll still be there at five thirty. Okay.”
Parker holds out the phone for me to take, and I place it against my ear. “Mom?” I ask, unsure if she’s still on the phone.
“You will come with her at five thirty to my office. I want to know what’s happening.”
She ends the call, and I shove my phone into my pocket, knowing that when five thirty comes, I’ll be properly chastised by her without a doubt. There is no way I’m getting out of this unscathed. I’m lost in thought when I hear Parker’s soft voice call out my name.
Blinking, I dip my chin slightly to look down at her. “Parker?”
“Why did you call me that?”
“My fiancée?” I ask.
She nods her head, rolling her lips a few times. She sucks in a breath, then lets it out slowly. She still hasn’t wiped her cheeks, but her tears have wiped all her makeup off, and I can see a little bit of the bruising on her cheeks from my fingers.
My cock twitches at the sight, and I know this isn’t the right place or time for it, but I can’t deny that I would love to fuck her right now. Crouching down in front of her, I give her a grin. I reach out to cup her tearstained cheek before I slide my thumb across her bottom lip.
“Yeah, cupcake. Marry me.”
It’s not a question. It’s a demand. It is going to happen. My father made it clear that I did not have a choice. I’ve come to terms with it. She’s a good match. A virgin. She comes from money. She also has no immediate family to cause issues. It’s really a decent choice. I just wasn’t sure I was ready to commit.
I thought I had five more years.
ChapterThirty
PARKER
“Yeah, cupcake. Marry me.”
I stare at him. I can’t believe he just said that. More than once. And it wasn’t a question. It was a demand. We have literally known one another for a week.
One week, plus or minus a few days.
I know I don’t love him. I don’t even know him. But I also know that my body is already obsessed with everything about him.
“What happens if I say no? We don’t even know one another.”
Wells’s lips curve up into a cocky smirk. He lets out a chuckle, then slides his palms beneath my arms and hauls me to my feet.
When I’m steady—though I don’t know how steady I really am because my knees are wobbly, and the only reason I’m able to actually stand on my own is because my back is propped against the door—he takes my hands in his.
“There isn’t an option for you to say no.”
I blink. I knew that’s how he felt, but the fact that he’s actually saying it out loud? That makes my whole body jerk. “Wells?” I ask.
He hums but doesn’t say anything else. Instead, he lifts his hand and cups my cheek. It’s a soft touch and surprises me. I open my mouth to whisper his name again, but he doesn’t allow me. Wells dips his chin and touches his lips to mine. His tongue slips inside of me, and he tastes me with one swirl.
“Marry me, Parker.” His voice comes out gruff, rough.
