Chapter 71

Harper

“Easton.” I nudge his bare shoulder, silently marveling at the muscle I feel there. He’s firm -hard all over. If I had more time, I’d spend it exploring his naked body with my mouth. My tongue. My hands and my fingers.

But we don’t have the time. My parents should be home from work any minute while we’re still in my bed.

Naked.

“Wha?” he asks, his voice muffled against the pillow.

Within minutes of us having sex, he collapsed next to me and fell asleep. Like…who does that?

Easton, I guess. Any other time I would’ve found it adorable, but I wanted to talk more about Blake and what Easton and my brother discovered in his car. I wanted to stare at those photos some more and really look at them. I also wanted to ask him about that look he and Ryan shared earlier, when they didn’t say anything.

What’s their plan? And how can I convince him he can’t just go beat Blake up over this?

They’re friends. They need to work it out.

There’s also that tiny, niggling feeling in the back of my mind that tells me Blake didn’t do this at all.

Aisha did.

Unfortunately, I can’t seem to convince Easton that she’s evil enough to come for me. Why does he always protect her? Or write her off? It’s so annoying.

Why won’t he believe me?

Shoving my worry aside, I focus on waking Easton up and getting him out of my bed.

“My parents are going to be home soon,” I whisper, then let myself speak louder. “You should go.”

a hand through his hair, his biceps

is a heart stopper. But I refuse

reach for his shirt and toss it at him, smacking

smile fades, the shirt falling in his lap. “Damn.

kiss on his lips. “Not in the mood to get caught naked in

before he

clothed and I’m raking my fingers through my messy hair while he checks his phone, a frown

“What’s wrong?”

up, smiling faintly. “Ah,

huh. I don’t believe him. He’s keeping

At all.

my room and down the stairs, and I notice how quiet the house is. Where’s Ryan and Sadie? Did they actually

I just ditched her for Easton, after complaining to her

call her later and apologize. I need to get my head out of my ass and be a

also keeping her

 

still sex rumpled. He’s absolutely adorable and he’s watching me with dopey

or something.

More like he’s

kisses me, his lips soft. Lingering. “I

press my fingers against his

I drop my fingers and he

| clear my throat and reach around him, hip checking him so | can open the door

down, as if he doesn’t know what to do with

like the confused way he’s staring at me so I give him another kiss to soften

me. “You do realize Blake did that

serene. “You’re right.

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