CHAPTER 34: FOUND OUT

I wake up to my phone as it pings with a notification. After looking at my alarm clock, I see that it’s already after ten in the morning. ‘Oh crap’, I think to myself as I jump from my bed. I’m having lunch with Jace and I’m needing a shower badly, not to mention having to shave everywhere! Damn, I must have been really exhausted last night in order to be able to sleep in this late, but I guess Jace did wear me out just a tad bit. I smile to myself as the shower spray beats down on me and I scrub everywhere, especially the sore areas. Every time I think of him now, I have nothing but good thoughts and smiles; all those little doubts that would always pop in my head are slowly vanishing.

By the time I’m done getting ready, it’s already almost noon, so I grab my phone and my crossover purse and fly out the door. My mom is passing by the bottom of the stairs, but stops when she sees that I’m in a hurry, and of course, she has to be nosey.

“Where are you off to in such a hurry?”

“I’m going for lunch next door, don’t have time to chat, Mom.”

“Hold it right there, Ella!” Her tone stops me in my tracks.

My mom isn’t one to ever yell at us, but she has that tone that all mothers have that tells you she means business. My mom is using that tone right now, so whatever it is that she wants to talk about, I already know that I’m not going to want to talk about it.

“You and I need to have a chat, and you can’t keep running away from me,” she quirks a brow at me, “I think you know what I’m talking about, Ella.”

“Ugh, do we have to do this right now, Mom? I promise we will talk about it, but I don’t want to be late.” I plead. It’s not like I’m really late, but I don’t feel like discussing this with her just yet.

“Fine, but we are going to talk about it by the end of the weekend!” She smirks and continues in the direction that she was going in when I bounded down the stairs.

I send up a quick prayer that she will forget to bring it up again before I leave, and then I head over to Jace’s house. It feels weird pressing the doorbell; I felt the same way the last time I stopped over to talk to him about my sister going to his party. Growing up, we always just walked into each other’s houses, not once did we knock or ring the bell.

The door whips open and I’m pulled inside so fast that I think I might have gotten whiplash. Suddenly, Jace’s mouth is on mine, taking my breath away from the intensity of the kiss. I wrap my arms around his neck and open my mouth for him, returning it with everything I’ve got. He lifts me and then slams the door, sandwiching me between it and his own hard body. With my legs wrapped around his waist, I can feel his hardness but he doesn’t rub it against me. In fact, he

slows the kiss down before pulling away slowly and gazing deeply into my eyes. He gives me his sexy as sin grin.

“Hey.”

“Hey,” I reply breathless.

“I’m happy to see you.”

“I can tell…” I go to unwrap my legs but he stops me.

Shaking his head, he moves us away from the door and into the kitchen where he sets me on the counter right beside the stove. I peek over to see what’s cooking, and smile; he’s made my favorite dish of Chicken Alfredo.

“You remember!”

“Ella, there isn’t one thing that I have forgotten about you.” He stretches around me to grab the colander from the cupboard, and when he does, he plants a quick little kiss on my cheek.

“What’s my favorite color?” I give him a cheeky smile.

“Unless it’s changed, you could never decide if you like purple or teal better, so both were your favorites.” I watch as he dumps the fettuccini noodles into the colander.

favorite movie is?” I cross my

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made me watch the Twilight series with you

where he would groan as soon as he saw me turning the Blu-ray player on, “Fifty times

winks and then laughs at the nickname he used

think I have a new favorite series,” I pretend to examine my nails,

the sink and turns the stove off, before he finally gives me his attention. His hand comes up to wrap around my throat, not cutting off my air, but just enough to send

in close to my ear, “You better be careful, little girl, or else you’re going to go hungry, because I’m about two point

my stomach. I close my eyes briefly to try and hide

this turn you on, Ella?” His breath hits my ear as he whispers the

to be the death

“Yes what, Ella?”

my

kills me with how slow his hand is going, and just when he gets to the junction of my leg and

whenever he wants, so why is he teasing me, knowing that he’ s only making himself suffer? I notice the smirk that he’s wearing on his face and glare at him once

that, Ella. Twenty swats of the

the paddle, I think to myself before taking a seat at the little kitchen nook, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Jace; saw

want to play dumb?” He asks as he starts scopping the food

anything, Jace.” I’m trying so hard not to smile or laugh, but then I see the seriousness to his face when he turns around. Oh crap,

swats then it will all be fine.” He sets my plate in front of me and kisses the top of my head,

glance up at him, “You

was before you tried playing dumb and then you lied

fork, I swirl the noodles around the tines of the fork and then bring it to my

“I’ll take

all, I stare at him, “Jace, this

it. I’ve been working on it for a couple of months, just so I can make it for you.” He grins

with unshed tears, “Nobody

long as I’m around.” He’s being totally serious, so I smile at him,

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and where are we going to go from here. I go back to Connecticut as soon as court is over and there is a ruling, and Jace needs to remain behind until he graduates. All of my thoughts are consumed with Jace, it’s going to be hard not to see him for almost two months, but I guess it will be a good test for us. Besides, seven weeks really isn’t that long, I’ll just have to keep myself

it, but I need a moment

at me, a girl who used to be broken by the boy who is slowly putting her back together again. Jace had shattered me, and I’m not quite sure how we got to where we are today, but all the shattered pieces have been put back together, with only the cracks still remaining, which are slowly mending as we go. I splash water on my cheeks just to feel a bit better, and then open the

you tell me about this video message you got this morning?” He asks in an

I haven’t even looked at my phone today!” But then

grabs me and hugs me tight, “We have a bit of

it?

indicating for me to follow, “Let’s go to my room and talk about it. Less chance of being overheard if one of my

perfect and I wouldn’t change it for anything. All those nights I dreamt of being tied up and ravaged as I lost my virginity, who would have known that they would come true. Although, Jace was more considerate about doing so, not wanting to hurt me anymore than he had to, and I can’t fault him for that. He doesn’t know that

waiting for him to begin. All he’s doing at the moment is pacing back and forth and swearing as he mumbles to himself. I let it go on for a bit longer to see if he finally gets his bearings, but he continues to pace. Finally, I can’t take it anymore and I say his name, but he ignores me. I climb from

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