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"Go ahead Do it Drop the towel I dare you!" I teased, playing along

Drake’s eyes flared as he cocked his head atthe knot loose and letting the towel fall I fought hard to keepdown If I did, I knew I’d be a goner and ouldn’t , and I could use a little bit of distance this s he evoked in me were too powerful

"You afraid to look, baby?" he tauntedmy eyes to help resist the teonna work, Drake"

"Nerves of steel, huh? Fine, I’ll throw my clothes on and we’ll head out to breakfast Party pooper!"

I threwit to all fit By the time Drake was dressed, I’d checked the roo behind As we left the roo Drake had just made the Hyatt Place my favorite hotel with the memory of our first sexual encounter etched inmore, too, damn him!

Drake tookbreakfasts As alked in, I recognized several people at tables enjoying their SaturdayThey were all friends offroot back that I’d been spotted here with Drake this early And this is why looking presentable had been so i If I had combined my outfit from yesterday with bed head and no oing on Now I could just say we’dthat Dad would know I’d been doing the walk of sha for which Aubrey deserved my thanks

"How is it that you seeo?" Drake asked as the waitress placed the food on the table

"When you grow up in a college town this size, you get to know just about everybody Plus, Aubrey’s family owns the local bank so they literally know everyone We’ve been best friends forever, so I pretty h her"

"I like how you and Aubrey are so tight You seeether as friends"

"She’s awesome! I really lucked out in the best friend depart here as a junior and leaving your friends behind"

Drake shrugged his shoulders "Yeah, but I can hang out with the guys on the tea out with the team captain, Zach, a few ti in okay, I guess"

"And Jackson? How are things between you guys at the house? You’ve been getting along when I’rabbedaround with my silverware "Alexa, don’t worry about Jackson andwith you, and I knohere he stands with you"

"I just need you guys to be okay, that’s all He’s the closest thing I have to a brother, and you’re beco I want to do is mess up your friendship with Jackson I knohat he means to you Won’t say that it isn’t a little hard for et it I’ll try to tone down my caveuy"

I giggled in response "You don’t have to worry There is no other guy, and Jackson really isn’t a guy He’s just Jackson"

"You keep thinking about him like that, and I won’t have any probleree to that," I smiled across at hiestured to his plate, wanting to change the subject and break soet by without any protein in the " He shook his head as he looked at s in here, too!"

"Barely Want some of mine?" he asked as he scooped up a forkful of o is in my pancakes? So that you don’t really know they’re in there? That’s how I likebite and uess that means I’ll have to learn how to make pancakes"