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Cole grins ata set of car keys from a nearby cabinet drawer and says, "Don’t worry about that, pretty girl All of this will be taken care of later" He shoves Jaxon on our way out the door and says, "Now this one is a keeper" Jaxon looks back and gives rin

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Cole drops us off in front of a beautiful, two-story farmhouse While this house is also quite massive, it isn’t pretentious like Cole’s It’s sophisticated yet char, and has a beautiful wrap-around porch This house is perfect I could live happily on the front porch alone Inaround on the outdoor sectional, reading book after book all day with a glass of sweet tea Hey, a girl can dream every once in a while

Jaxon leads me inside the heavy, wooden front door, and before I can fully take in s, I ask for the bathroo Jace again

JACE -

I hear Cole’s Porsche 911 pull away, and I get up to confront ht After I left the party, I spent the re o I tried to let all of ood job of it until I split the leather and had to step away, so I’m pretty sure I can keep myself in check with Jax now

As soon as I round the corner near the kitchen, I see a fa around, as if she doesn’t knohich door to approach first She’s wearing the saht, and daether in frustration

I watch as her eyes groide the second she realizes it’sin front of her "Jace?" she breathes out

"Well, I see that you didn’t forget who I am," I reply I know I sound like an asshole, but because I can’t help ht?"

She frowns and rushes towardmy biceps "You never told , Audrey?"

"Jace, I thought Jaxon was you I didn’t realize " Her eyes fill up with tears and as they threaten to spill over, ht, that I was the one kissing her while holding her legs aroundher up against the wall and co her escape Lifting her chin, I look down into her eyes and seconds later, I devour her lips with h in between our lips and threads her fingers through ue flicks into her ins to flirt with mine It takesher ain, and that’s when I think about why she’s here now and where she’s been all night

"You slept with Jax?" I whisper, while fir her face between ins to quiver, I knohat her answer is I step away, conscious of the fact that I can’t hold her any longer, but I need to hear her reply "Answer rowl

I shouldn’t have kissed her, because I can tell by the shock on her face she thought that I would get over that little part Only focused on her, I just hadn’t fully coht I ith you"

"Did you call out my name?" I ask tensely

She shakes her head ‘no’ and shocks "

I step forward, lower roan This only makes me want her more She should have been with me Audrey deserves for someone to make their name rip from her mouth, to drive her so absolutely insane it would be i sha eyes to let this go But all I can see now is that ht you here says that youto him," I say and try to brush her off

"No--" she interrupts, but I stop her

"I can’t, Audrey I can’t be whereto cross"

I can tell theand then she steps away fro herself inside the guest bathroom

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