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…

stomach when I receive countless kisses from the big man behind me. Part of me can’t believe

warm at

starting to realize I like him. Not like like, but I

has 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

making hickeys on my neck is out of my league. That much is clear. Whatever this

Or it won’t?

think there is

years of studying before becoming an attorney, but maybe Jake won’t mind the distance between our

My stomach plummets.

He is gentle yet confident in

“Mhm?”

know what to do-how do I

amused, and those arms of his hug me

the words. ” I want

a while but keeps stroking me. When he doe speak, he sounds playful

So I try again. “Asking you out isn’t the hard part… I’m… how do we… how do we make it work? Dating each other would be nice, but,”

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 spoil my special someone, so

all for equality and all that, but

turn around and sit up on my knees. Jake peers up at me, curious about what I might be up to. Then, when I attack his lips and lock my legs on either side of his broad chest,

by my hungry mouth, though, and his eyes twinkle when we break from each other. “You

it means I can

I kiss him again, harder this time. I’m unsure what Jake is doing to me,

him to

***

days later, I’m back to reality, and I already miss Jake. I spent three days with him, and

were fancy at Tobias’s hotel. We watched movies but kissed

can’t take my hands off of that guy…

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