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She shrugged, then nodded “More or less Just for the weekend” She held her hands out as if in surrender over what she asked “If you helpfee?”

That wasn’t even in the sa

“I…” She looked around before turning back toward hi her voice she said, “I actually need a bad boy to bring home to my parents” His lips twitched and he watched her mouth flatten from my clear a, I know, but I need you to pretend to be in love with me in front of my parents and their rich, snobby friends” Her expression was so serious that it had Alex losing all his amusement This was important to her “I want them to see your tattoos, want to see their eyebrows rise up to their hairlines because I know they’re scandalized”

She leaned back, and he wanted to say a whole lot, to tell her fuck yeah he’d do it, that if itmore time with her he was down But he kept his mouth shut and waited for her to finish

“Their lives are all cookie cutter, fake Knohat I mean?”

He nodded because yeah, he sure as hell did Going to Black Mountain Acade surrounded by a bunch of rich pricks showed him a hell of a lot on how snobby and shitty people could be

“That’s why I don’t accept theirmy own I want to stand on my oo feet They’d never understand, never see that I’m not like them, and not just because I’m adopted I just hate their social standards and that anything seen as less than them is some kind of defect”

He didn’t take offense that her family would obviously see him as trouble, a “defect” It didn’t o to a private school He never gave a shit about what anyone thought, but it was clear she was having a hell of a ti that path as well So if she needed this, he’d help her, not because he couldn’t or wouldn’t pay for her to tutor hi to do with that This was about her, and hi to help her above all else

“It’s just for the weekend I understand if you don’t want to—”

“All right I’ll do it” It was a no-brainer for him He hadn’t meant to cut her off, but she really didn’t need to sell hi the weekend with her

Alex anticipated the ti away froone out the , because there was a shitload of ies that slammed into Alex’s mind, ones that were not innocent, ones that made her his in all ways

Maybe wanting her in the filthy way he did made him a dirty asshole, but she s he’d thought he wanted in his life Because she made him want more

He would be good to her, htly But in the end, he wanted more So much more

One night would sure as hell never be enough for him where Mary was concerned

“Really?” She blinked rapidly as if she were actually surprised by his response “I thought I’d have to lay it on thick, you know, really talk you into going” Her cheeks were red, and God did thatpretty

He grinned broadly and shook his head “Nah, I’ All I have to do is pretend to be head over heels for a hot as fuck girl? Not a hardship, believe ave her a slow once-over—which he shouldn’t have—but he loved the flush that stole over her face when she got shy around hilanced at him and smiled, and that cute little dimple popped out in her cheek

She started ain and he was transfixed by her hands, at how small they were compared to his, at how her nails were cut short and all no nonsense-like, at how they were painted a light pink color Fuck, even her painted nails had his cock jerking

“Well, that settles that then Easier than I thought it would be” She laughed softly “So, we can meet here for the first session, if you want?”

He glanced around and saw Rocko’s start to fill up with more people “Could we possibly do this at my house?” He looked back at her and hoped he looked sincere enough The truth was he didn’t give a shit about a crowded restaurant He just wanted to be alone with Mary