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

SWEET DREAMS JESS

I awoke slowly, my eyelids fluttering against the soft, golden morning light that spilled through the window. The sheets, crisp and white, tangled around me like a cocoon, enveloping me in warmth. His hand rested possessively against my stomach, fingers splayed as if he n I could feel the rhythm of his breath against the nape of my neck-warm, steady, a tantalizing whisper of intimacy that sent shivers cascading down my spine.

His lips brushed against my shoulder, the soft, lingering touch igniting a fire beneath my skin. A delicious shiver danced through me, melting my defenses like wax under a flame. At that moment, I'd almost forgotten the intoxicating thrill of his presence, the way the air crack "Morning," I whispered, smiling and closing my eyes, sinking back against him.

Luke didn't answer, but his fingers traced along my hip, and he kissed the base of my neck, warm and lingering. A kiss that meant he was right here, that he'd never left..

I felt him kiss me to my very core, and then his hand slipped to my stomach - resting there like he knew. But he couldn't because I haven't told him.

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This wasn't real - this can't be real....

"Luke..." I breathed, feeling the bliss of it, wanting to hold onto this feeling forever.

But he stilled, his breath suddenly uneven. And then, his voice muffled, he whispered, "Jess... come find me."

I blinked, confusion threading into the calm. "What do you mean?" I turned my head to look at him, only to see him there, just as he'd been, staring at me with his usual soft, steady gaze.

"You're right here," I murmured, pulling his hand closer to my chest.

matted to his forehead, soaking wet, and water dripped

water spilling from his mouth in choked, desperate

move. I watched, helpless, as his eyes widened, pleading, and

screamed, anxiety suddenly rushing through me. Why couldn't I move? I needed to get

gasping, drenched in sweat. I blinked, my heart racing, as my hands clutched the edges of my bed. The dark room settled around me, shadows flickering from the blue light of the

blanket up to my chest as my heartbeat began to slow. Just a dream. Only a dream. But I could

for my phone on the nightstand and

another dream... it felt

ten seconds

to stop. I'm not sleeping, and my exhibition is in two days. You are still flying

I had no idea what these dreams

I wouldn't miss it for

I know the dreams

a stress reaction, and I didn't eat or sleep. I kept running and running,

in the pregnancy so the fliht won;t have an effect and now

typed out my response and hit send, but the reassurance I gave Laura felt hollow, like I was trying to convince

closed my eyes, taking a

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mouth, his

still had to live for, to fight for. I'd come close to losing this baby, and that thought scared me more than anythi I couldn't let myself fall apart again; I had to stay grounded, focused, even if everything around me felt like it was

had been relentless since