EPISODE FOURTEEN.

EPISODE FOURTEEN.

JENNA'S POV.

"What?" I almost screamed, rattling the poor girl who thought I was her mother.

What the actual fuck? How am I supposed to sleep in the same room with Ryker and breathe the same air around him for hours?

"Uhmm, I wanted to go and get something at the bal.....fuck." I mutter under my breath.

Now, I'm the one rattled. The idea of being with Ryker nauseates me.

"I still have some work to do in the room and Mom doesn't want to disturb me." Ryker comes to my rescue with a believing lie but she's not convinced.

Instead, Arlene walked to where I am and dragged me to Ryker's. She conjoined our hands and pushed me by my waist while she only nudged Ryker to the door linking Ryker's room to her room.

Oh,God!

Left with no choice, I tighten my hands around Ryker's surprisingly warm hands and smile at Arlene awkwardly.

"You should go to bed now, baby."

Duly, Arlene returns to her bed while I and Ryker shut the door behind us.

I quickly disentangled my hands from him and puffed out the breath I didn't realize I was holding.

"Oh my God." I chuckle awkwardly, diverting my gaze from Ryker's who seem unabashed about the whole thing.

I took that time staring at the room, which was void of any feminine things, making me wonder if Ryker and Lana ever shared the same room.

"Where are Lana things?" I ask.

"We don't share the same room." He mumbled under his tone and sauntered towards the bed, I quickly crept my small frame in front of him, deterring him from going further.

"What are you doing?" He scoffs, raising his upper lip in confusion and maybe disgust.

"What do you think you're doing? I'm not ready to share the bed with you."

He dragged me by my arms like I'm something flimsy to the sideways and sat at the edge of the bed, drawing his shorts up and highlighting his toned calf.

I withdrew my gaze away from him immediately. Why the hell is my brain running in this manner?

Why are my eyes not staring at anything else beside his body? He makes me feel so small and seen.

"I'm not sharing a bed with you either, this is my room, my bed and my space which I have no choice than to share with you because you pulled me into a marriage deal."

"Can you just stop whining for God's sake? When will you stop blaming me for an arrangement you agreed on?" I rolled my eyes tiredly, already fed up with him bringing up the topic every time.

"No, Jenna. I won't stop, because if you hadn't kissed me in the church the other day, this wouldn't have happened and that poor girl wouldn't have mistook you for her mother." Ryker's words came out a bit harsh and his expression tense.

"Fine, I will leave your room, and get out of your hair as soon as this lawsuit is over, you're already wearing me off." I blurted, not giving a damn about the plans I had for Arlene.

Maybe Ryker is a better parent than me. I'm just so tired of pretending that I'm Arlene's mom all day.

"You can't leave this room, Arlene will find out, and she will be disappointed."

"She's just a kid, she will get over it soon."

"No." He deadpanned strictly and glared at me. "She won't get over it, she's faced too many disappointments already."

My shoulder slumped in defeat, I can't go out of the room and I can't sleep on the cold floor either, the bed is wide enough for both of us even if we don't have to touch each other but he's not ready to share it, and I'm not ready to share the bed with him either.

What if I fart? What if I snore? What if my boobs spill out of this top? What if I open my legs accidentally and he....

Fuck.

I just can't.

"You can take the couch." He pointed at the small couch which can barely accommodate my upper body and move deeper into the bed.

"No, we're sharing the bed." I said stubbornly and climbed the bed at the far end, I positioned myself well, not giving him a chance to argue or turn me down.

"You're one hell of a woman, Jenna Wolfe." He laughed deeply for the first time and lay at the other end as well.

I shut my eyes, hoping sleep will envelope me but my senses are just too hyper for me to sleep. My mind is disorganized and I'm scared that Ryker would jump on me even though, I irritate the hell out of him.

"Michelle told me about tonight." My eyes widened for no reason at his words, making me wonder about the part of tonight they talked about.

"Ryker,I..."

"She wants to apologize for not listening about you not being a damsel in distress." He said the last words mockingly, causing me to chuckle.

"You're such a tease."

"No, you didn't lie, you're definitely in a state of distress but you're not a damsel."

"Ryker!" I yelled, throwing the pillow under my head at him, he burst into a deep rumble of laughter which is the most beautiful laugh I've ever heard in my life.

I sat up straight on the bed, giggling at him, Ryker pushed his hair back and threw his head backwards, laughing as well.

As the laughter subsided, the awkwardness crept in again but we didn't stop staring at each other, his eyes glisten beautifully under the poor light, I trail my eyes down to the shape of his nose, down to his faint moustache and juicy lips.

"Jenna." He growled under his tone, as if he was trying to stop me from doing something funny.

I clamped my lips shut and grind my laps against each other, hoping that my core stops throbbing because it's a sin, feeling this way towards my sister's husband.

"I'm sorry for what I said about your mother." I blurted out in embarrassment, not knowing what to say.

His features softened immediately, Ryker dunked his body back to the bed.

"It's fine, you reminded me of something then." He mumbled bitterly under his tone and I felt guilty for reminding him of his seemingly traumatic childhood.

"What's that?" I questioned, out of curiosity.

"How much I hated her, I thought I stopped hating her which made me feel guilty,but when you reminded me again, the weight lifted off my chest. You did nothing wrong, Jenna."

I swallowed hard and forcefully. My chest throb in guilt and my heart yearned for how life must have been for him.

"I'm sorry, Ryker."

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I'm so sorry for the inconsistencies in the tenses, I'm trying so hard to edit it and keep to a particular tense, I promise to do better.

In case you don't remember, Jenna insulted Ryker about his mother when he didn't agree to the marriage deal, that's what triggered him to finally sign the deal, please, I need your comments and ratings, thanks so much.