Shattered Girl (Emmy)

Chapter 161

Once Drew and I returned from his birthday weekend, the rest of the summer seemed to fly by. Patrick, Drew, and Mike were sucked into work. Patrick hoped that by the new year, his business would be completely legitimate, and all three guys were working overtime to ensure that happened. While I knew this was a good thing, I still hated it. Worse, I hated the way we seemed to always pass each other on the way in or out. I would wait up for them some nights, but work seemed to make them later and later.

"Hey," Jake whispered, wrapping an arm around me and pulling me back against him. The twins' classes had started almost two weeks ago, and Josh was the only one who had a class on Friday. "Why are you awake so early?" Tipping my face up, I smiled as I looked into his eyes. Jake had been and always would be the most laid-back of my guys, and he was so easy to talk to.

"Do you have to get up soon?"

"No," he murmured. "What's up?"

I need to talk to you, but not as my boyfriend."

His eyebrows wiggled slightly while he stared at me, but I didn't turn away from his searching look. "You can always tell me anything," he said slowly." But I'm always going to be the guy who loves you, too. I will do my best to give you advice from a non-boyfriend perspective, though, I promise." Jake stroked the hair away from my face.

"Talk to me." A knock on the door froze my words, but not his. "Thanks, Darren. Leave it outside for us, and I will grab it."

"Of course. Mr. Jake. The others have all left already, so you will have the house to yourselves."

My face burned with embarrassment, and I hid against Jake's neck. I wanted to kiss him for not laughing. He sounded genuine when he replied, "Thanks, Darren. We'll be down in a little while for breakfast."

Darren's feet thump down the staircase that I threw myself off Jake and buried my face in the pillows. He chuckled as he slapped my

what we are doing; that's why he

knew that. "It's just

onto my side to watch him. He opened the door, not caring, and grabbed the full tray

"Normal?"

"Embarrassing."

shut with his foot, set the tray on the bench at the end

wasn't your naked ass up in the air when he came in with something for Patrick. I have never been so

it's my

"You would,

me. My dick and I had different plans on how to wake you up this morning, but you need to talk, so

I wasn't able to stop laughing. His poor balls. It had only taken one experience with a

trip. I know that was special, and we couldn't be with each other every second of every day. But

it really changed with

to be expected," Jake said gently. It scared the hell out of us, Em. We didn't know what had happened, and when we got there, you

"Gee, thanks," I grumbled.