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

PART 3 - CHAPTER 155 JESS

The hum of the engine filled the silence as I stared out the passenger window, watching the blurred scenery of the city slowly give way to the sprawling suburbs. My stomach was in knots, but I tried to focus on the trees, the occasional jogger, anything to distract myself. It wasn't working. The closer we got to my parents' house, the tighter the tension wound in my chest.

I had told Aiden-repeatedly-that I should go alone. This was my family, and today was Josh's birthday. Aiden and Josh aren't exactly the best of friends. Luke probably poisoned that well.

But trying to tell Aiden that felt like yelling into the wind. He didn't listen. He just showed up, packed himself into the car, and said, "I'm coming," in that final tone of his.

So I let it go.

Fighting with him was exhausting, but he always made it up to me afterward. Multiple times, multiple orgasms or presents.

Aiden glanced at me, his profile sharp in the sunlight as he steered with one hand. "How many miles this week?"

I sighed, knowing where this was going. "Forty-five.

He raised an eyebrow, a disapproving look crossing his face. "Forty-five? You should've hit fifty by now, Jess. What happened?"

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now, not on the way to Josh's birthday, not with all the other things

"If you want to stay at the top, you can't slack off. You've been getting all this attention lately-magazine features, sponsors-

lips together, feeling the sting of his words sink in. My chest tightened, and

my social media had blown up overnight, but I wasn't running for that. I wasn't doing this for

see

out the window, watching the trees blur past. "I'm not slacking," I muttered, more to myself than

His voice took on that hard edge, making me

trying to keep the frustration

just want you to succeed. You have so much potential, and I know you can do better than this. I push you because I care about you. Don't you see that? We could be this unstoppable couple. I know I

had pushed me back into running when I was ready

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a life I hadn't dreamed of before. I was financially free, living

hadn't started running again for the fame or the money. I ran because it gave me something back that I had lost-something personal, something

made it sound like he wanted the

audible over the hum of the car.

over my knuckles. It

can be,

my stomach twisted tighter. I didn't want to argue. I didn't have the energy to explain, to make him see the part of me that just wanted to run because I Toved it, not because I had to. So, like so many other times, I let it