Total pages in book: 203
Estimated words: 199654 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 998(@200wpm)___ 799(@250wpm)___ 666(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 199654 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 998(@200wpm)___ 799(@250wpm)___ 666(@300wpm)
“Jailey?”
“Yup. Your ship name.” She grins. “What’s the juicy secret?”
It’s more likely the other way around. Amie is more likely to commit violence for not getting the scoop on something than Ivy. Though Ivy was pretty aggressive with me the other day.
“You can tell Ivy if you swear her to secrecy.”
“Of course. You can trust us both.”
“I jumped him and kinda…dry-humped him,” I whisper.
Her mouth drops and her eyes bulge. “Whoa. And how did he take that?”
“He took it,” I respond. “He took it without losing control and claiming me. Does that mean he doesn’t want me as bad as he did?”
“Did he push you off?”
“No…”
“Did he help things along?”
“He didn’t have to. I was like a crazed sex maniac, and just humped him until I came, which probably didn’t take long.”
She laughs, then sobers. “Sorry to laugh, but sweet summer child…” She pats my cheek. “You broke through and got to him. He understands what you need. I’m sure it was very hard… pun intended… for him to hold back.”
My eyes roll.
“Then what happened?”
“I did it again after kinda sorta pleading a little, but he wouldn’t actually let me plead with him. He was being oh so reasonable and logical… telling me I was just moon drunk.” I roll my eyes.
“And then?”
“And then after the second dry-humping sesh, I fell asleep on him until I ran off this morning. He followed me home and I backed into his truck by accident. We were just sitting down to talk about it when Joel called about Sherry.”
She looks confused but clears her expression. “So, he stuck with you all night…”
“I slept on him. On top of him.”
She smiles. “He managed to stay, not run off and tear up the forest while leaving you hanging… letting you get what you needed… as best as he could while not giving in to you being moon drunk? Wow. Bonus points for him, I say.”
“What I needed last night was for him to claim me and do it while I was in that uninhibited ho state, so I wouldn’t be so terrified of it!”
She shakes her head. “Did you hear me at all? He gets it. He gets it, Bailey. Jase knows where he fucked up and he’s trying to do the right thing. Congratulations. You got through to him. You turned things around with him.”
“I wasn’t trying to do that though. I was legit broken. I was a wreck. I still kind of am. Because I feel like I fucked it all up. He really hurt me and I really was a wreck and the last few days he’s been incredible. He could’ve just carted me off and nobody would’ve stopped him, just like Sherry and Wyatt Meadows. Just like…” I shake my head, unwilling to finish that sentence to remind her of an unpleasant similar situation. “But how broken would I have been?”
“Maybe not–”
“I think I would’ve been, Amie. Bad!”
“And that’s probably why he didn’t take what was offered last night. You’ve shown him your pain. He understood. He took your reaction to him seriously. It took him a minute to comprehend it, yeah… he was being quite an entitled alpha male about it all at first, but he got there, didn’t he? He’s evolved, Bailey, and though I’m still kinda new here, I already know not all alphas are. Not naming names… cough… my brother-in-law… cough. But also… that’s why he didn’t take you last night. That’s why he’s been planning romantic dates. If you give him the slightest inclination of a green light tonight without a moon event thingie… I bet he will rock your world. Oh girl… he’s proving he’s exactly who you thought he was before things went shitty. You guys got through the blip and he’s a better man for it. Plus, that tattoo on his neck of your name? I’m jealous. I might nag Mason about it incessantly until he tattoos my name on his body.”
“Ugh.” I clasp my hair in my fists. “I don’t know. Especially with what happened today. Maybe I shouldn’t push anything. Maybe I should go home and give him the space he needs with his family.”
“Maybe you should do just what you always do. Be here. Be near him offering support. Things will settle here. Sherry’s gonna survive. Erica did a protection spell over her baby and that’s probably why she survived at all. She’s got to be pretty messed up to have jumped, so I do think it’s right to keep her sedated. The rest of us can make sure that baby is born healthy and then Erica can work some magic so Sherry can have her life back. Maybe even being a little less of a cunty bitch.”
“I don’t know if she really wanted to die or if she just wanted to lose the baby, but it’s ugly imagining her being in an induced coma until she gives birth. It’s also ugly imagining her wanting to end her own life. I can’t fathom it.”