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There was a entle sweep of his lips over mine A barely there touch that somehow affected me more than any of the other kisses "I know you’ve been drinking I don’t want that hanging between us"

"But--­"

"We’ll talk et your not-­drunk-­but-­slightly-­tipsy cute ass upstairs"

"You think"Baby, your ass is like rin appeared "Come on"

"I can’t believe you just said my ass was--­ah!" I squealed as Jase slipped an ar me to his chest Stars cartwheeled for a few seconds "What are you doing?"

He looked down atme is necessary?"

"Yep" He strode across the pavilion "Card?"

Wiggling around, I dug it out frorab it without dropping me I didn’t protest when he askedainst his chest, I closed entle bob of his steps swayed me back into that pleasant state We needed to talk About stuff Serious stuff And waiting until to in his aro screw itself with a rusty spork

Much of the trip tomy eyes required way too much effort As usual, our suite was eht

"Are you sure you have roo me and the door

"Uh-­huh," I h to confirm that my dorm room was also empty "I hear them every once in a while"

"And you’ve never talked to theht?" He crossed the small room

"Nope"

Jase laid me down on the bed, and as I opened my eyes, he’d already "

He grinned as he peeked up through his lashes The light frolow that I could see only hi?"

Caht now

"Tess?" he persisted, tugging off one ofit in his hand

I letat Avery the entire ti attention to you" He re it somewhere on the floor

A very attractive snort escaped me "Why? I’m not a child I can drink if I want to"

"Uh-­huh" He danced his fingers along the sole of le I tried to pullup the quilt "So are you going to be a weekly fixture at the parties now?"

Curling onto my side, I blinked my eyes open and smiled as he draped the quilt over irls there"

He sat beside e of the blanket so it covered ulars"

"Regulars?"

"Girls who coirlfriends"

I didn’t like the sound of that "Like the girl in your roo it up "Yeah Like her"

"What was her na on one elbow "Does itwhat had just happened between us? "Yes"

"She’s a good girl"

"Ah"

His lips hitched back as he dipped his chin "I’m serious She just likes to have fun and--­"

"I don’t want to hear about that kind of fun"

He laughed, and I scowled "Cam used to hook up with her"

"Ew" I wrinkled up my nose "And so did you?"

"Not at the saed him with ht?"

"What? Fuck no" In the diht, he shrank back "I told you it wasn’t--­"

"He’s been in there So have you So by association, you two have had sex"