Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

CHAPTER 39

I woke up with Jess in my arms, her head resting gently on my chest. The warmth of her body and the rhythmic rise and fall of her breaths were comforting, making me want to stay in this moment forever. But the loud buzzing of my phone shattered the peace. I groaned internally.

Who the fuck would that be?

It's Sunday.

Carefully, I slid out from underneath Jess, trying not to wake her. She mumbled something incoherent and shifted but remained asleep. I grabbed my phone from the table and saw Josh's name on the screen. My heart raced.

"Hey, man, it's the ass-crack of dawn," I answered, faking a yawn, moving to the kitchen as fast as possible.

"Luke, did Jess come home last night? She never showed up," Josh's voice was tinged with worry.

I glanced back at Jess, still sleeping soundly on the couch. Panic surged through me, but I quickly composed myself. Covering the phone, I muttered, "Yeah, man. She drove me. home. My shoulder got hit pretty badly. Saw you and Laura were home when we stopped and There was a pause on the other end. I held my breath, praying

Wher

Josh wouldn't ask too many questions.

sure she's okay?" Josh finally

but I'll tell

you," Josh

have to kill you if you try and hook

Jessica is as much my sister as she is yours. I'd never see her that way," I said, the words tasting like acid as they left my

"Yeah,

phone, and my stomach churned, making

mouth. I pinched the bridge of my nose and tried to steady myself with a breath, but movement caught my eye; it was

stepped forward, but I didn't know what I would even say. I saw it on her face, the court. I'd

I began, but she backed

chest tighten painfully. She shook her head, her lips trembling

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barely above a whisper. "I thought last night

into my voice.

have any experience? What? You could just do what you want with me because I'm that naive!" "No, it's not like that," I

at her tears angrily. "From what?

a whisper. "From getting hurt, from making fucking mistakes." I hated that I had lost control of my temper, but this girl was so

Jessica waved her hand between us, "Again. God, you probably think I'm pathetic, don't you?" Jessica breathed, and