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Slowly, I begin to kneel down in front of hiive hi in his eyes and he tries to shake his head back and forth, but it’s obvious he wants this too I ignore him and reach for the waistband of his jeans The button takes me a second, but I have the zipper down in no time My eyes never leave his face

"Baby, not here Not while you’re drunk" His hoarse words are barely audible

"Shut it, Jace You don’t get to control this You control everything and usually I like that, but not when it’s to tell roans and places his hands on each side of my face "Audrey, I’m so"

"Shh," I rush to say I reach inside of his pants and pull him out, and he hisses as the air hits his nad skin Or ins to pump up and down I’ve h of him I’ll never tire of him I wet my lips and slowly slide him inside my impatient mouth He moans as Iacross his skin at the same time

"Christ, Audrey" The words whistle past his teeth He shifts on his feet and braces his hands against the wall Without re theuess I still need hih h pressure to bring a moan out of my throat that vibrates onto him

I release more of my control and allow him to thrust in and out of my mouth I stare up into his eyes and watch as he finds his pleasure withhim claim what’s his is the ins to open and close and he see the words he wants to say out His unspoken thoughts let hs so I can feel his strongtoward his release

"Ahh" he calls out loudly, and I s that anyone within a close proxiives ainst the wall and looks up at the sky, breathing heavily I gently place him back inside of his jeans and carefully zip them up Slowly, I pull myself up and wobble a bit as the alcohol takes another hit at my balance

Jace drops to his knees in the sas I’ve never been s than when I’ers reach ently dusts the dirt off of entle kiss, I runtouch of ht He runs a hand down the side of iness in my vision

"You’re perfect," he whispers

Just as I try to think of a snarky coins to spin and I suddenly don’t feel as well as I did two o I ulf my skin I push off of Jace and try to step as far away froe air-conditioning unit,me with one hand on my hip Embarrassed, I remember one of my many reasons I’ve never had a drink With ently

Jace was right earlier Who was going to helpto ht Garrett or Mason would actually stand here and help in to squeeze out of my eyes and Jace soothes my discomfort

"Shh, it’s okay You’re not alone, I’m here," he whispers He doesn’t rush or condemn me He waits patiently for the ins to sag in exhaustion Gently, he scoops me up into his arms and carries me away

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JACE -

If soo if I would ever lie on the cold, hard tile of hed in their face But here I a stone and a little bit of round, wipe offposition

I finally passed out last night after watching poor Audrey spendthe toilet bowl I’ain After she apologized to me for the hundredth time, I rubbed her back, slipped down to the floor, and made a pillow out of my tohile she laid her head onbut I still do a quick search to confirain, and I didn’t get a chance to apologize or ht with her before she took off Her newfound friendship with the porcelain god didn’t exactly put her in the best position to have a serious talk

Sluggishly, I ether because I know she’s not here I spot a bright green sticky-note affixed to the fridge when I round the counter Sloppy handwriting is scribbled across the surface

Here’s my number for next time Sorry we had to skip out I tried to wake you but you sleep like a damn rock and I sure as hell wasn’t about to carry your ass to bed, princess – Lane

I pull ht and quickly call both Audrey and Lane’s nuht to voiceet iveness forthe fact that I was so far ahead will help my case I juirls’ aparte is empty as hell I knock twice and letbetter than I’ve seen her in days Chuck rushes up to ht hi around the apartment to look for her

"She’s not here," Em calls out

"Then why is Chuck here?" I reach down and scratch hireed to watch hi for her cereal bowl

"They went out of town? Together?" I ask, trying to keep the uneasiness out ofbetter last night?"

"That was the plan Obviously things changed"

"Last week, Audrey asked hio check out New York to see if it was soraduation," she adds timidly