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Fallen Crest Fah 2) Tijan 49930K 2023-08-29

CHAPTER ONE

When I arrived at the party, it was the largest I had ever seen The mansion was filled with people The doors had been left open and the overflow spilled out to the front lawn The driveent around a large fountain, which a few girls had gotten into Their shirts were soaked to their skin and their hair was uys, who stood with their drinks at the side, enjoyed the view More than a few had that dark promise in their eyes They wanted sex and they wanted it now One of the girls squealed as a guy swept her in the air

I rolled my eyes and pushed past

Public parties were always considered the best, but this was in a whole new league

When I stepped onto the front steps, a blast of heat came at h the crowd until I was on a back patio The backyard stretched out with another pool, a basketball court, and a tennis court There was too much to even look at with all the people, but I could tell the place was phenomenal

Souys chased after them

Then someone bumped into me from behind I heard, "Oh, I'm sorry," before I turned around and saho it was I foundin the crystal blue eyes of Adam Quinn, soo

"Oh" His voice dropped, and he stood there without saying anything else After a lanced to the side and slid his hands into the front pockets of his jeans

I smirked He was dressed appropriately with custo shirt that was left unbuttoned A white tank was underneath It fitted like a second skin to his abdo out more, but whatever What did I care? He had dropped our friendship two o, and since Adam was the Golden Boy for our school, Fallen Crest Academy, everybody else had followed suit No one talked to hbor, the one person I had come to consider as a real friend

I asked, though maybe I shouldn't have, "How's Becky?"

He flinched

A sh one instantly

"Uh," he looked away before his jaw hardened, and he ood I think she's dating someone from your school"

"My school?"

"FCP You knohat I mean Their school, you're one of them now, so…your school"

"I still go to Fallen Crest Academy"

He clenched his jaw "I heard so else"

All senses went on alert I knehat he was talking about, but I hadn't known it was already on the gossip ood "What'd you hear?"

He shrugged and looked away There it was I kneas only a matter of ti

"What'd you hear?"

"Come on, Sam"

"Corabbed his arm as he started to inch away "What did you hear?"

"Let go of me" His eyes hardened as he looked overto you"

"What are you talking about…" But the words left ainst a hard chest, a very hard chest

Mason's chin came to rest on my shoulder and he breathed out The air caressed le raced through me, especially when his hand slid down ain I felt every inch of hi my eyes when my desire started to overtake me

"I should be going," Adam mumbled before he turned But then he stopped His face isted in an unna everyone to the party"

"Not ainst my back His hands held me firmly in place, but I could feel the coldness from him now

Adahtened and never looked away He had learned Then his eyes caught ain A shiver went over er in that second, but he only replied, "Your best friend's place Your party"

"This is Nate's party?" I twisted around, but Mason didn't let go of rasp on aze still fixed over my shoulder, I slid a hand around his neck and tilted hiaze then and I tried to stop rin caainst the top of roan escaped rabbed his hand "Stop"

"Stop what?" His amusement was evident

"This is Nate's party?" ThatThis was his place, but did thatback?"

And then someone threw his ar "Hello, ed us again "I love you guys and you knohat else I love?"

Mason gririn at the corners of his lips He deadpanned, "Nate's pussy?"

Logan threw his head back and let loose a hoot Then, even as he died down, he couldn't wipe the silly grin off his face And he wasn't trying, not even the slightest "Yeah, ht by the intensity in thehtly blurred from booze, but it was there It was thewhile He reminded gy brown curls and dark chocolate eyes that irls' heartback for the last half of the year How fucking fantastic is that?"

Very Nate was the fourth roup, but it hurt He hadn't said a word, but Mason couldn't stop froan so I forced myself to put it away Nate was back That was all that mattered, and then realization hit me as I looked around This enormous place was his

"This is Nate's place?"

Yet, even as I asked, I kneas Both of theain There were so nized a few from my school, obviously with Adam there, and I knew there were students froan's friends and figured more from their school was there as well, but two schools couldn't have been everyone? Who else was there?

"Dude, tell her"

Mason adh placed friends"

Just then a well-known actor strolled past us with his arirls

My mouth dropped open I couldn't believe it, but I should've Nate's parents werein trouble with Mason and Logan, they tried to keep him with them as often as possible Of course he would've met more than a few from the Hollywood scene But, still, I couldn't believe it

I grasped Mason's hand and squeezed tight "My e crush on him"

He wrenched his hand away as he stepped back Logan held up both arirly"

"What?"