LOGINJax’s boots thudded on the floor. He was ten feet away. Maybe less. Through the crack in the pantry door, I could see the flick of his shadow, while Kaelen’s fingers dug into the undersides of my thighs, hiking me higher.Kaelen didn't hesitate. He positioned the broad, blunt head of his cock right against my entrance, which was already a soaking, humiliated mess. I felt the first stretch...the slow, agonizing pressure of him forcing his way past my tight muscles.Oh god, he’s too big. He’s going to break me.I gasped, my eyes going wide as I felt myself being forced open, the friction of him sliding deep making my vision swim. Every inch of him was thick, hard, and unforgiving."Too big," I whimpered into his neck, my fingers clawing at the leather of his jacket. "Kaelen, please... it’s too much.""It’s exactly what you wanted," he grunted, his voice thick and strained. He bit down hard on the junction of my neck and shoulder, his teeth sinking into my skin to keep me quiet whi
Chapter 1 The bass from the garage was vibrating through my bedroom floorboards. It was constant, annoying, and so typical of Jax. Ever since my brother started winning those underground races, our house had basically become a permanent pit stop for every grease monkey and adrenaline junkie in the city. "Ria! Get down here and grab the beers!" Jax’s voice boomed from the bottom of the stairs. I groaned and slammed my textbook shut. I was trying to graduate; he was trying to ruin his liver. I told myself I didn't want to see his friends, but my feet were already moving toward the window. I’d been watching Kaelen for the last hour. He was leaning over a Mustang, his muscles flexing under a layer of sweat and oil as he worked a wrench. I knew it was creepy to watch him through the glass, but I couldn't help it. I’d had a massive, fat crush on my brother’s best friend for years, even if he was a total jerk to me. I checked myself in the mirror, pulling on my tiniest shorts and
Maya’s POVThe noise of the graduation grounds was a dull roar in my ears. All around me, parents were weeping with pride and snapping photos, their children in black robes finally stepping out of the university bubble. My own parents had already taken enough pictures to fill three albums, but I was barely present.I kept my hand firmly on the heavy leather folder tucked under my arm. My "Project."My mind drifted back to the morning after the rain. I had woken up in Taylor’s bed, the sheets still smelling like him, to find him sitting by the window with a drafted document. He made me a proposal, and he had been as transparent as a legal brief. He told me he wanted the two weeks before my finals to be our "bubble"—a time to be ourselves. He wanted me focused, sharp, and to finish my degree without the distraction of our obsession.I had signed it. I had agreed to the no-contact period after our two weeks were up, thinking I was just playing along. Those two weeks had been every
MAYA’S POV Taylor carried me into the living room, but he didn't put me on the sofa. He sat down and pulled me over his lap, his hand firm on the small of my back. The room was dark, the only light coming from the lightning outside. "You really think you're a hobby?" he asked, his voice low and vibrating against my chest. "You really think I’m ghosting you because you weren't 'experienced' enough?" "I don't know what to think,Taylor," I whispered into his shoulder. "Then let me help you think clearly," he said. He lifted his hand and brought it down across my bottom. The crack was sharp, a stinging heat that made me gasp. It wasn't the hit of a man who wanted to hurt me; it was the hit of a man who was losing his mind because I was being blind. "That," he said, his voice thick with emotion, "is for believing for even one second that you are anything less than the most incredible woman I have ever met." He hit me again, the sting radiating through me. "And that is
Maya’s POVI reached up and grabbed the front of his shirt, pulling him down. Taylor let out a low, broken moan as I crashed his mouth onto mine with a force that knocked the breath out of us. He tasted like his favorite mint and the cold rain that was still dripping off my face.He backed me against the hallway wall, his hands tangling in my wet hair. I didn't care that my soaked sweater was ruining his expensive dress shirt. I didn't care about anything but the way his body felt against mine."Maya," he groaned into my mouth. He tried to pull back, his forehead resting against mine. He was shaking. "Maya, you have to go. This is wrong. You have a future waiting for you.""I don't care about the future," I sobbed, the tears mixing with the rainwater on my cheeks. "Why are you doing this? Why are you acting like I’m a mistake? Is it because of the hotel? Was I not good enough for you?"Taylor’s grip on my hair tightened. "Don't say that. You don't know what you're talking abo
Taylor’s POVThe email from the Admissions Office at Harvard Law arrived at seven am.I sat at my kitchen table, the screen of my laptop reflecting in my glasses. They wanted her. The most prestigious law school in the country was ready to offer Maya Miller a seat in their incoming class, along with an Elite Summer Fellowship at a powerhouse firm in D.C. They specifically cited the "exceptional recommendation" from my office.I should have been proud. I had spent months pulling every string I had to make sure her application was at the top of the pile. But as I stared at the confirmation, all I could think about was the way she had looked.“Just this time isn't going to be enough,” she had said.She was right. It wasn't enough. It would never be enough. And that was exactly why I had to end it. If she stayed here for me, she would turn down the D.C. fellowship. She would settle for a local school just to stay in my bed, until eventually, the board found out about us. Then her c







