Chapter 57

Winnie

I didn’t wake up on earth today; I woke up in heaven. Jake is snoring lightly behind me, and his muscular arms are around me. He is warm in the cold room, the perfect furnace.

My hand squeezes his enormous forearm that is crossed over my chest. He is holding me like I’m precious. A smile spreads over my lips, but it disappears when I hear banging on my bedroom door.

“Jake?!”

Its Mark.

“Go

.I’m Jake growls at his brother, and when

I jump in fright at his voice, it only makes him pull me back so that his naked chest turns into a hard wall behind

“I wouldn’t fucking think so…” he mutters behind me in a voice that seems deeper in the morning. “You’re staying with me. I’ve waited way too long for this-”

“Oh… is Winnie with you?” Mark still hasn’t left. “That’s good. I was worried about her-

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“YES, Winnie is in here!” Jake interrupts, irritated with his brother. “Now, leave already! We are trying to fucking sleep!”

Loud giggles escape from my mouth. ” Trying to sleep?” My lips won’t stop twitching from my amusement. “How am I supposed to sleep when you’re yelling like that?”

Jake breathes a laugh and stretches until his lips are on my neck, nipping at the skin there. “I’m sorry…

receive countless kisses from the big man behind me. Part of me

insides warm at that

my back, and I’m starting to realize I like him. Not like like, but I REALLY like him, and that’s

a career, a big flat, eats healthily, has a body to prove it, and is an athlete superstar. Jake is a proper adult while I’m driving my mother’s old

guy who is busy making hickeys on my neck is out of my league. That much is clear. Whatever this is, it

Or it won’t?

to think there is a chance for

becoming an attorney, but maybe Jake won’t mind the distance between our towns?

My stomach plummets.

his big hand massaging my breasts. He is gentle yet confident in the way he touches me. It speaks of a man who knows

“Mhm?”

and don’t know what to do-how

those arms of his hug me closer.

and I choke out the words. ” I want to ask you

a while but keeps stroking me. When he doe speak, he sounds playful and happy. “I’m

didn’t explain things properly. So I try again. “Asking you out isn’t the hard part… I’m… how do we… how

want to overstep or anything; if I do, I want you to tell me. But I’m not expecting you to pay for shit if you date me. Don’t think I’m unaware we’re at different points in our lives. You’re studying. I get that. But I’m in a position to comfortably

all for equality and all that, but

up to. Then, when I attack his lips and lock my legs on either side

though, and his eyes twinkle when we break

can

lips. I kiss him again, harder this time. I’m unsure what Jake is doing to me, but it feels like I’m melting under his

love him to bits.

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reality, and I already miss Jake. I

put together. We tested wine and pretended we were fancy at Tobias’s

take my hands off of that

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