Elena's POVI felt myself floating in the air and opened my eyes to see Jake carrying me upstairs."What are you doing?" I asked with raised eyebrows."Taking you upstairs to the room so you can sleep on the bed," he said."Hmm," I shut my eyes.He placed me on the bed and covered me with a comforter then he kissed my head. I was waiting for him to slip inside the comforter with me but I did not feel his weight on the bed.I opened my eyes and saw him standing near the closet."What are you doing?""I'm going on a run for a while," he said pulling out his shorts and shirt.My eyes popped open and I sat up on bed wide-awake."What time is it?""It's eight in the morning," he replied looking at me suspiciously.I smiled and pretended to fall in sleep.After he left, I got up and showered. I got changed into my clothes then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.When I was halfway through making breakfast Jake entered looking confused."You're up. I thought you would be sleep.""I...I

Elena's POV"Hey, mom," I said."Where are you, Elena? Why did you lie to us?" Mom asked sounding angry.I had never heard her so angry and upset."You know how dad, Brandon, and Noah are overprotective. I did not want to lie but I had too. I wanted to go out with some friends that you do not know about. Don't worry, I am fine." I said."You should not have lied to your family. Come back home as soon as possible if you don't want your dad to start searching for you," she said."Tell him, I am fine. I will come back tomorrow," I said."No, young lady, you need to come back today." She said.I felt upset at her demand. I did not want to tell her about Jake when she sounded so angry."Mom, please, I can't come today. I promise you, I will be back tomorrow." I said."I get it, Elena. I think you are old enough to make your decisions now. Talk to your dad, because I am done trying to calm him down," she snapped.She ended the call and I sucked in a sharp breath.She had never hung up on me

Elena's POV"Why do you know me so well?" He asked me in frustration.I rolled my eyes at him. "We already had this conversation.""On the serious note, who was he?" Jake asked with a sigh."He was Adrian, he is Madeline's friend. At Brandon's request, he came to stay with us before the wedding and we instantly became friends. We just accidentally stumbled here with each other.""He kissed you." He said clenching his hands."On the forehead as a friend and told me to take of myself," I added."He is a nice guy, I like him," I said and he glared. I rolled my eyes and added, "—as a friend, stupid,"Jake circled his arms around my stomach from the back and leaned towards my ear."I warned you I am a very possessive man." He whispered."I remember, clearly. Your possessiveness is hot but keep it in your pants." I turned and winked at him."I'm serious, Princess. Don't you dare to test me again like that?" He warned me."What can I say?" I shrugged my shoulders."I like to take risks." I s

Elena's POV"We are here ma'am," Arthur said distracting me from my thoughts and stopping the car outside Anna's house."Thank you," I said getting out of the car. Arthur pulled out my bag from the trunk and handed it to me. He informed Jake that he had dropped me before leaving.I texted Anna to come out with my car keys."I'm so sorry," Anna, said walking to me and hugging me."It's alright. It was bound to come out, I couldn't have kept it secret all my life." I mumbled.She looked at me in shock. "Are you going to tell them everything?"I nodded my head solemnly."I would kill to see Brandon's reaction." She muttered."I hope dad hasn't told him that I am coming back today. I want to have this conversation with my parents in the privacy where they don't see him freaking out." I said."As much as I know your family, your parents have never kept anything secrets in the family." She reminded me."That's true. We do not keep secrets in my family. However, I am sure at one point everyo

Elena's POV"I guess there's trouble in paradise," Sharon mumbled.When I glanced at Anna's ring finger, I did not find a large rock blinding me."Where's the ring? Did the rock was not your liking?" Sharon said teasingly."Did you say no?" I asked feeling worried. Steve is perfect for Anna and he really loves her. The relationship Anna and Steve have is hard to find and I did not want my friend to lose something that was so precious."I love him and he loves me. Why would I say no?" She mumbled looking gloomy."Then what happened?" Sharon asked looking confused."He wants to get married," Anna said.Sharon and I looked at each other then we looked at Anna again with the comical expression on our faces."That's what normal people do after getting engaged. But you are not normal so..." Sharon said playfully making Anna glare at her. I slapped Sharon's arm telling her to keep quiet."He wants to get married that is a good thing, Anna," I said with a smile."No, it's not, Elena. He wants