LOGINJACKSON
“Siri, darling, lend me a sock, will you?”
The bathroom door was open, and she turned and gave me the flattest look ever, a toothbrush in her mouth. “A sock?” she asked with an eyebrow raised, the toothbrush moving as she spoke.
“Mhmm. Unfortunately, I didn't pack enough socks, and I have dirtied every last pair I managed to pack.”
She raised another eyebrow. “But didn't we do our laundry like… yesterday?”
I fought the urge to groan. “Will you lend me the sock or not?”
She placed her hands on her hips. “Ask nicely.”
I exhaled a breath. “Oh, my goddess on earth, the breath I draw into my lungs, will you lend this poor mortal your heavenly socks?”
She turned back to the mirror and went on brushing her teeth, throwing an “Okay” over her shoulder.
I scoffed softly as I made my way to her bags, beginning my mission. I opened all four of her bags, a wide smile on my face as I searched for what I came for, and they stared happily at me, beckoning me to steal and be naughty.
Well, I can't take all of them, else she’ll know they were missing, and know it was me. I would never see the end of it.
So I took just a few of the nicely folded underwear, most of them black, some cotton, some lacy. Even her bras weren't spared. I dug deeper for more, for the ones she wouldn't miss, but then I paused when I saw a box staring me in the eye from the bottom of her bag.
I stared at the little box, then turned back to her.
“Oh, my wayward angel,” I whispered as I picked up the little box.
I closed her bag, going to hide my little sins before she caught on, and then I made my way to her.
It hasn't even been opened yet. I walked slowly to her, leaning a shoulder on the doorframe as I unboxed the little treasure in my hands.
“You didn't tell me this was your vibe, my darling,” I whispered as she washed her mouth. “I would have gotten a whole collection for you.”
She turned to me, already frowning and probably about to say something mean, but when she saw the box in my hands, she froze completely, her eyes so wide they might pop out of their sockets.
“Oh, my god!” she shrieked, her voice shooting several octaves higher. “Where did you find that?!”
She shot at me, about to snatch it from my hand, but I held it above my head as I stepped back with a smirk, staring at the embarrassed, red mess she had become. What a beautiful sight it was. I don't think I will ever get enough of seeing this bashful side of my wayward angel.
“The important question, my naughty darling, is why you have it,” I said, my voice low as I kept dancing away from her reach every time she jumped and tried to catch my arm.
It wasn't helping that her bosoms jumped with her, and it was getting harder to keep teasing her and not strip her naked, but this was too beautiful a sight to cut short because of a dick that she had broken. My erect dick could wait a moment or two and not deny me this joy.
“I-it was an impulsive buy!” she stammered, face redder than a beetroot. “I didn't plan to buy it!”
“Usually, girls buy makeup and all that stuff impulsively, not sex toys!”
She jumped again, and this time, her breasts rubbed against my shoulder, and my broken dick jerked impatiently.
“Just give it to me!”
“No.”
“I’m going to fucking kill you, Jackson!”
I stepped away again, and she growled like a cute little cat. “You might.”
“Just give–”
Her words ended in a gasp as the back of my knees hit the edge of the bed, and I fell backward, but not before I grabbed her waist with my other hand and made her fall with me. She landed on top of me, her body already molded and fitted perfectly against mine: chest rubbing against mine, core on my angry dick.
Perfection was too weak a word for this.
“So eager to get me on my back,” I purred as I grabbed her ass roughly with both hands, and she gasped softly, her cheeks so fucking red and round I wanted to eat them. “Shall I spread my legs for you, darling?”
She huffed in frustration. “Just… just give it to me, Jackson.”
I kneaded her ass, pressing her into my dick, and she moaned out a breath. “Why? Didn't you buy it to be used?”
“Yes, but… not with you.”
“Oh, now I'm furious. Did you plan to use it with another man?”
She still managed to roll her eyes even though I could feel her body was on fire. “As if there’s another man.”
“So you were planning to use it on yourself, then?”
She stammered, and I didn't think it was possible, but she became even redder. “You know what? You’re right. I was planning on using it with another–”
In a blink, I flipped our positions. She was on her back before she could complete that sentence, blinking up at me with eyes that were already heated. I held myself up with one elbow, my thigh lodged between her legs, and my dick right on her core.
“Shut up,” I growled softly as I fully unwrapped the sex toy.
“Why?” she asked in a purr as she wrapped her arms around my neck, her expression now wicked. “Jealous?”
“You damn right I am.”
She smiled wickedly. “Even when you know there isn't another man?”
“Yes, Siri. Even when I know that.”
She scoffed softly as she raised her hips and ground her core on my dick, making my breath hitch. “Such a crybaby.”
“Oh? We’ll see who’ll be crying soon.”
I slammed my lips on hers and kissed her like I was starving, grinding slowly into her, and she rewarded me with a moan that I greedily swallowed. I broke the kiss too soon, but only because I could get us naked.
I undressed us both with hurried hands while she just watched me with that hungry look in her eyes, moaning softly when I teased her nipples. When we were both naked, our bodies were back together, pressed without any inch of space between us and our lips glued together.
Since that night, when we completely came apart, our touch has been different. It was more charged, more hungry, like we couldn't get enough of each other, and even though sometimes we were rough, there was always a hint of softness between us. Not just between our bodies, but in our eyes as well.
Something always soft and charged. Always… hesitant, and this time, it wasn't just coming from one side.
Yeah, fuck Toria and her stupid advice. Fuck that happy ending nonsense. Sure, I do want a happy ending with him. I want a happy beginning, middle, and ending with Jackson. All of that and more! Damn it, I had even been thinking of the perfect future together with him. Yes—and fuck you—I’ve been thinking of going somewhere with him, getting a house, three dogs, and maybe one cat. We could live like that for a few years, then get married, and decide if we wanted kids. I'd already mapped out the perfect future, the perfect ending.So yeah… Use him? USE him? How on God’s green earth can I use him when I was in love with him? I was madly in love with that man, and it made me realize that I was never in love with Michael. No. No, I was just in love with the attention and the idea of love, the idea that someone finally wants me. But this painful shit with Jackson? This soul-crashing devastation? Yeah, this was love. This was love in its purest, fucked up form.So how was I going to us
“I thought you might be gone already,” Toria said as we settled into my hotel room. “Jackson already booked my flight,” I said, opening a beer. “I leave in two days.”“Hmm. So what are you going to do till then? Stay cranked up in here?”“Probably.”“I could show you around, you know.”I thought about it for a second and shook my head, sipping my drink. “Thank you, but no.”I had thought about leaving and just going to tour on my own, but every time I thought about the possibility that I might run into him out there, I shook off that thought. Maybe I would have seen him with his hand around another woman’s waist, laughing with the boys and acting like that night didn't happen. But seeing him on screen tonight, I don't think any of that might have happened. I wanted to ask Toria what happened and why he looked that way, but then I might sound like I care, which I very much do, and I wanted to stay cool and keep up this nonchalant act until I was out of here.And so I sipped my drink
SIRIHe… lost. I stared at the TV screen in my small hotel room, my eyes wide, hands squeezed together and pressed to my chest.“He lost,” I whispered it out loud like it would make sense if I did so. I told myself I wasn't going to watch the game, that I would stay away from my screen and just wait for my flight back home two days from now, but I couldn't. I couldn't let the chance of seeing him, even though it was from a screen, slip away. As soon as his team had skated onto the ice and the camera zoomed in on them, my eyes had found him immediately, and I knew something was wrong. His skin was too pale, his eyes looked too sunken, and he kept flexing his wrists over and over, to the point I was sure everyone in the arena must have noticed. And I could have sworn that he was trembling. The game started, and it was even worse. Everything about the way he moved, to the way he could no longer hide his trembling, was wrong. It filled my heart with dread and panic. I couldn't relax a
PRESENTThe smoke of that cigar, laced with a chocolate scent, burned into my nose even though he was across the street. The scent was the same: the cigar lit, resting on his lips, lifted in a smile. A small smile, soft and gentle. Not like that frightening smile he had on his face that night that still sends a chill down my spine. Elijah M’Call still looked the same even seven years later. His black hair was slicked back from his face, dotted with gray. His grey eyes were wrinkled at the corners from age. His shoulders were still broad beneath his tailored suit, and black leather gloves covered his hands.He still looked and dressed the same. Nothing had changed.After that night, I had cut every tie with this man. I made sure I never heard a word from him or received a single penny. I moved into Jacob’s house, and his mother accepted me without a single complaint, letting me stay until I could rent my own place. I didn't speak to my mother for two years after that. She came to my
CONTENT WARNING: This chapter contains references to domestic abuse and may be triggering to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. ~.~“I can think of a few things that can make you quit hockey,” my father said, his voice relaxed, but his face was filled with hell. He stood chest to chest with me, and I fought every instinct screaming at me to lower my eyes, to pull back. I fought them and stood perfectly still, not letting that dark look intimidate me.“What?” I spat. “Are you going to pay the coach to kick me out of the team? Then I'll just find another team to join.”“Jackson, please,” my mother whispered, and that just made my fists clench harder. Why was she calling me back and not her husband? He was the one threatening to take my dream away from me! My hopes for a better future, and still I was the one being called back? Did she really think I would just roll over and accept this bullshit? Bloody no. “That is way beneath me, Jackson,” he said in a low voice, acting li
SEVEN YEARS AGOThe sun had long since set, and the neighborhood was dark by the time I strolled in through the back door, my shoes tied together by their laces and hanging around my neck, my hands shoved into my pockets. Hopefully my parents were asleep by now, and I wouldn't have to deal with either of them. It was exhausting to look into their eyes these days and act like everything was fine when I harbored a little bit of hatred for my father. Okay, maybe it was more than a little bit, but I won’t tell if you don’t. I spent time at Jacob’s house long after practice, then came home and lied through my teeth, saying the coach sucked us dry with practice, which is why I was so late.You can’t blame me. The atmosphere in this house was depressing, and hearing my father whistle while he smoked his cigar, acting like all was right and fair in the world, was pissing me off when I could see my mother was losing weight, when I could clearly see she was losing her shine. She just needed







