“Certain as hell didn’t appear like nothin’, child.”

We stand within the parking zone passing the minutes by as Colton takes his sissy tantrum over Luke and me ending up on the identical place on the identical time. It’s coincidence, however to Colton it’s something however. Lastly having sufficient of his shit, I climb contained in the automobile and dare him to the touch me. Throwing his palms up in defeat, he stomps off to his truck.

Mascara-laced tears run down my face. I let the rumble of the Camaro settle my nerves briefly earlier than I streak the rubber towards the street and pace towards dwelling.

Chapter 26

Carly

By the point I get dwelling, my meals is chilly and my urge for food is diminished. I put the meals within the fridge, then climb the steps towards the bubble tub that’s calling my title.

I begin the bathtub water and switch it to a scorching warmth that may certainly singe my pores and skin, earlier than including some cherry blossom bubble tub. I pull my hair up on prime of my head, then strip the garments from my physique. I set my cellphone on the docking station and let Adele’s “Rolling within the Deep” fill the room. I seize my Kindle from the nightstand and carry my drained, vanquished physique towards the promise of a soothing tub.

Testing the water with the tip of my toe, I jerk again rapidly from the feeling of warmth earlier than stepping in and sitting within the water rapidly. I lay again within the bubble-filled tub and stretch my limbs and permit the heat of the water and the scent of cherry blossoms carry away the strain from this present day. I seize the Kindle from the bathtub tray and open the app. These fictional males are a lot extra pleasing and fewer dramatic than the true jackasses in my life. Don’t choose me; I really like my smut novels.

After studying seven chapters, I’ve soaked within the bubble tub till my pores and skin displays that of a shriveled prune. The scalding water has turned luke-warm, and the bubbles are actually small suds dancing throughout the water. I pull the drain from the bathtub and set the bathtub tray on the ground earlier than beginning the bathe. I wash off rapidly, leaving my hair for an additional day. I step out of the bathe and wrap a towel round my physique, earlier than padding by way of my bed room for my favourite sweats.

Simply as I’m getting dressed, the doorbell rings. My coronary heart sinks to the underside of my abdomen as a result of I do know on the opposite facet of that door will both be an amused Luke Ashton, or a really pissed off Colton Weston. I take my time making my approach down the steps, as I attempt to regular the nerves which might be threatening to leap proper out of my pores and skin. The doorbell rings once more simply as my toes hit the underside stair. I pad over to the entrance door, twist the locks, and pull the door towards me. Earlier than I may even peek across the door to see who’s on the opposite facet, Colton stomps inside. Ought to have identified.

“Did slamming the automobile door in your face provide the impression that I wanted a follow-up go to from you tonight? Or are you a glutton for punishment?” I sneer at him, slamming the door shut. He’s one ballsy son of a bitch to indicate up right here after the shit match he took on the diner.

Colton’s head snaps to mine, throwing daggers at me along with his eyes. “What the hell was that again on the diner?” Colton growls.

“I’d like to know the identical rattling factor,” I throw again at him. He takes two steps ahead and closes within the distance between us.

“Actually? ’Trigger I’ll let you know what I noticed, Carly Jo. I noticed some dick along with his palms on my lady. I noticed a smile on my lady’s face that solely I ought to put there.”

“So that you’re pissed as a result of another person made me smile?” I ask, laughter effervescent in my voice.

“No, I’m frickin’ pissed as a result of he touched you, and you really liked it. I’m pissed as a result of after each rattling factor we’ve been by way of, I’m right here attempting to like you, however you retain pushin’ me away,” he growls at me.

“My god, you’re so frustratin’. You’ll flip somethin’ so simple as me pickin’ up dinner into an argument.”

“Easy? Inform me how Luke Ashton placing his nasty ass palms throughout you is easy.”

“Colton, calm your ass down! I ended by to select up dinner. Luke was there, so he sat with me whereas I waited for my order. Simply mates speaking is all,” I clarify, attempting laborious to not yell, however he’s pissin’ me off!

“Buddies? Bullshit!” He chuckles. “I’ll be damned if that’s gonna occur.”

“Like there’s a rattling factor you’re gonna do to cease it! Luke is my pal. I’ve had lunch with him on the diner a number of instances. Hell, he came visiting a pair weeks in the past and watched a film with me. I don’t see what the massive deal is!” I yell in his face. Colton’s eyes widen as he seems down at me. He inches nearer to my face, a bit too shut for consolation.

“That little shit was right here? In your home?” His voice is a low mumbled growl.

“Yeah.” Colton turns away and paces the ground. His physique is tough and inflexible in constructed up anger. “You’re appearing like a jealous teenager, Colton, it’s pathetic. Luke simply wants a pal. He’s innocent.”

He stops lifeless in his tracks and slowly turns to have a look at me. His head is hung low, and his eyes are scrunched right into a piercing scowl. He brushes his fingers by way of his hair and shakes his head as he tries to battle again the anger boiling in his chest. I can see it. It’s written throughout his face, even within the stature of his physique. His fists are tight at his sides, his chest heaving up and down rapidly as his breaths develop faster. A low, rattling growl builds deep in his chest.

“Rattling, you actually have been blind to males for a lot too lengthy. Luke ain’t innocent, Carly Jo. He’s a bit of shit, undeserving of a lady as stunning and gracious as you. A frickin’ blind man can see that he desires you. After I noticed his hand on you and the fun in his eyes, it took all the things in me to not strangle each final breath from his physique with my naked palms. I swear my hand to God if he lays one other rattling finger on my lady, I’ll kill him. Keep the hell away from him.”

My mouth drops at his threats, and anger roils deep within the pit of my abdomen. “Your lady? I’m not your friggin’ property, Colton!”

“You’re not my property, however you might be part of me, whether or not you’re keen to just accept it or not,” he whispers from throughout the room.

Silence falls throughout the room. Feelings roll by way of my physique, and I really feel paralyzed. He’s proper. My coronary heart races, pounding quickly towards the partitions of my chest, vying for its escape to the one it rightfully belongs to. I pinch my eyes shut and attempt to take a deep breath, however the feelings are too thick. I can really feel them throughout me.

Colton’s fingerprints invisibly marked throughout my coronary heart, physique, and soul. These fingerprints smear and smudge in all the fitting locations, proper the place Colton has affected me probably the most.I launch a defeated sigh, as I hear his toes shuffling rapidly throughout the ground, however I preserve my eyes pressured shut. He grasps my face in his scorching palms and whispers towards my lips, “Say somethin’.”

However I can’t. It’s laborious sufficient mentally accepting that he’s proper. I do belong to him. However to uncage my coronary heart and set it free to be shattered by Colton is unimaginable. I really feel the warmth from his rage radiating over my physique as trembles slither up my backbone. Colton’s lips crash down onto mine. Our tongues tangle and dance collectively passionately. He licks, bites, and sucks my lips and tongue roughly. He breaks contact briefly, then tosses me over his shoulder. He climbs the steps, taking two at a time, conserving a good grip planted on my ass. He kicks open the bed room door, then slides me down the entrance of his laborious, heated physique.

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