page68 (1/2)

It wasn’t entirely true The number didn’t matter Nor did the fact that he slept with men and women alike His caviler attitude toward the people he bedded is what gave her pause They were nothing to hiotten seconds after he came, if he’d learned theer He straight up didn’t give a single shit about any of the people who shared their bodies with him

Maybe if her life had taken a different direction, she’d be able to relax with regards to her sex life, but she didn’t have the luxury To Jazz, the vulnerability that ca herself to anotherwith ato his friends, tease, and not care how she felt during and after the encounter wasn’t possible

Noin the moment

“Jazz?”

She blinked Screore a fro They hadn’t spoken since he decorated her house, and if she was honest, she’d been feeling guilty for her treatment of him that day But between her worry for Toni and Shell, newfound worry for Mama V, and concern for Izzy, her brain didn’t have the capacity to fret over onetoday

“Sorry, did you say so?”

“Just hello You all right?”

Was she all right? Fuck no, she wasn’t all right One of her favorite people in the entire world was suffering from a potentially incurable disease She was very far froht But the neasn’t hers to share Cassie clearly wanted to keep it close to the vest for a while, so Jazz would honor those wishes

Before answering hi but sincerity stared back at her No snarky quip No atte into hi her worries onto him, she felt a little less alone with her troubles

The feeling made no sense since he wasn’t at all privy to ent on in her mind She’d held herself back fro friends and enjoying time with the Handlers, she hadn’t let any of them see her Physically or emotionally There were reasons for that Deep, personal, painful reasons, but for so across Screw at that moment soothed her

She cleared her throat “Uh, yeah I’ood”

Even though their last encounter hadn’t ended well, Jazz had to admit she’d been touched by the way he decorated her house Of course, he had to go and spoil it by trying to get her into bed again, but the gift had still been one of the sweetest given to her in a very long time

Screw stepped close Too close Close enough, the woodsy scent his cologne or aftershave or whatever it was per ht then, Screw smelled incredible She wanted to lean forward, plant her nose against that hard chest and inhale But instead, she took a step back

He followed