Total pages in book: 79
Estimated words: 80074 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 400(@200wpm)___ 320(@250wpm)___ 267(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 80074 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 400(@200wpm)___ 320(@250wpm)___ 267(@300wpm)
My eyes fluttered open, findin’ him grinnin’ down at me in that Jackson Pierce sort of way.
I swallowed hard, unable to move, to say anythin’. Not when the expression on his face made me wet and alive.
Starin’ deep into my eyes, he groaned, “You have no idea what you do to me...”
His lips moved to my neck, and he softly began kissin’ my collarbone. “You looked so goddamn sexy on that bike, Harley. It’s like overnight you went from this baby girl, who I never wanted near me, to this girl I want by my side. The same girl I don’t even recognize anymore, and it scares the absolute fuck out of me. You want to know why?”
I couldn’t nod fast enough, dyin’ to hear what he had to say next.
Peerin’ straight into my eyes, he professed, “’Cuz I don’t know if it’s from you growin’ up right in front of my eyes, or if it’s ’cuz I’m losin’ my goddamn mind right in front of yours.”
I grimaced, my eyes wellin’ up with fresh tears. “Jackson, just read the results. Please...”
“Do you know what they are?”
I shook my head no. It was the truth, I didn’t.
“I couldn’t bring myself to open them.”
“Then how do you expect me to?”
I slightly gasped as he made his way down my chest, kissin’ the top of my breasts.
“As soon as I realized it was you on that bike, I wanted to kill every guy who was starin’ at you like they had a right to.”
Inch by inch his lips started peckin’ their way inside my bra.
“Jackson,” I panted. “What are you doin’?”
“Showin’ you the effect you have on me. The effect you’ve always had on me.”
“You have a shitty way of showin’ it.”
“I make one mistake and now I have to watch you shake your ass for all these two-bit fuckers who don’t give a shit about who you are? Other than a warm hole to stick their cock in?”
“No one said you had to watch.”
That made his eyes snap back up to mine. “So tell me, Harley. Do I have a right to?”
What the hell do I say to that?
Yes.
No.
Maybe?
“I know you don’t hate me. You’ve never hated me. I know ’cuz I’ve never hated you.”
“What are you sayin’?”
“I’m sayin’ what I’ve known all my life. You’re mine, Harley Jameson. End. Of. Story.”
“What about Willow?”
“What about her? She means nothing to me. She’s no one.”
I didn’t hold back, I couldn’t even if I wanted to. Right now, I needed to know the truth once and for all.
“When was the last time you slept with her?”
He jerked back, breakin’ the trance-like state he had me in.
“Baby girl, I don’t even kiss her. I’ve never kissed anyone but you.”
I shut my eyes, I had to. I didn’t want him to see the pain I was experiencin’ from the blatant sincerity of his response.
I knew it ... I fuckin’ knew it.
Harley, you’re such an idiot to fall for his bullshit again.
“So what, Jackson?” I opened my eyes, findin’ the strength from somewhere deep inside of me to throw his words back in his face. “Willow’s just a warm hole to stick your cock in?”
“No, a warm hole isn’t a problem for me. But if I sleep with someone else, it’s just more reason for you to be mad at me.”
“Oh. My. God.”
“Gremlin—”
“Get off me!”
“Baby girl—”
“Do you wanna know why I hate you, Jackson? I know I’ve told you the many reasons hundreds of times, but do you wanna know the biggest reason why I hate you?”
“Harley—”
“’Cuz you’re a selfish fuckin’ asshole! God’s gift to the world. Everythin’ is always about you! What you want! What you need! In your mind, I belong to you, yeah? That’s what you keep claimin’, thinkin’ it’s what I wanna hear, right? Never do you think about anythin’ other than yourself! The only reason you want me is ’cuz I don’t want you. It’s the chase that gets you off, am I right? Gettin’ warmer? Heaven forbid, no one turns down the quarterback, Jackson ‘Asshole’ Pierce. You think you’re the shit, when you’re nothin’ but a piece of shit! Do you get it now? You seein’ clearly? I’m a fuckin’ game to you! End. Of. Story.”
“That’s not true.”
“Fuck you! Get off me!”
“You wanna know the truth? I’ll tell you the fuckin’ truth! I fuck Willow ’cuz I can’t fall in love with her.”
I sucked in a breath, my lips tremblin’, my body shakin’.
“I may be a piece of shit, I’ll own that, but try for one fuckin’ second to live in my shadow. ’Cuz sometimes it feels like I’m just an outsider looking in. Waiting to end up like my mother. Alone. Lost. Forgotten. I’m not talking about her, I mean the people she left behind. Me. Her son. Who didn’t even say goodbye ’cuz he didn’t want to remember her that way. All I’m doing is saving you from that. Do you get it now? You seeing clearly? You’re not a game to me ’cuz I refuse to play with you. Not when I might forget you.”