Page 54 of Let You Love Me

“And flaccid or not, my dick is fucking fantastic,” Jace says. “Admit it, boys. Between the high school locker rooms and college, we’ve seen a lot of wang, and mine tops them all.”

A smug grin spreads his lips, and I shake my head.

“Why?” I slap a hand over my face. “Why did I callyouguys in my time of need?”

“Good question,” Graham says, his expression thoughtful.

There’s a knocking somewhere over the line before a foreign voice calls out, “You decent?”

I frown, wondering who the hell that is when we’re all here, when Jace turns his head toward the door and calls back, “I’m good.”

I hear the creaking of a door and then: “Hey, man, did you see—” The voice dies suddenly before another face completely fills Jace’s screen.

Chris, Jace’s roommate.

His eyes widen, and he points an accusatory finger. “Are you guys FaceTiming without me?”

“Teagan needs advice,” Brynn says beside him.

“Ooh. What about? I’m great with advice. Scootch in.” He holds the phone out, glancing down at Brynn and Jace as he pushes his way onto the bed, flopping right down between them while Brynn clutches the sheet against her and Jace cusses him out.

Once he’s settled, Jace glares at him. “Your eyes better stay fucking north,” he warns.

“Chill, man,” Chris says, his tone indignant. “I wouldnever.Brynn is like a sister to me. Right, Brynn?” He turns and she nods.

The three of them are crammed into a queen bed like sardines. It’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever fucking seen, but also, kind of funny.

At least, it would be, if I weren’t in a pissy mood.

I need new friends that aren’t jackasses.

“And since when are you good at advice?” Jace grumbles. “I don’t remember any stellar advice whenIneeded it.”

“Are you kidding me?” Chris spears him with a glare. “First, I told you to stay away from Brynn, that she was going to complicate shit and cause you problems. Sorry, babe.” He glances over at her.

“Don’t fucking call her babe,” Jace snaps, but Chris just turns back to him and grins.

“Then, after it was clear you couldn’t stay away from her, I told you to go for it because you were acting like a pussy. And when you expressed your concerns about messing up your friendship with Teagan, I told you to keep it a secret because he was in another state. What he didn’t know wouldn’t hurt him. You’re welcome.”

“Keeping it a secret wasbadadvice,” Jace says.

“Looks like it worked out pretty well to me.” Chris motions between them.

“Whatever,” I grumble. “If you two assholes are done arguing, can I talk now? Or would anyone else like to chime in with any completely irrelevant information? Maybe what you had for lunch, the last time you took a shit . . .?”

Chris purses his lips. “My last—”

“I was kidding,” I grind out. “No one wants to know.” Chris shrugs.

“This about that chick, the coach’s daughter you friend zoned?” Graham asks.

Jace rolls his eyes. “Ofcourseit’s about her. We told him that plan was a disaster waiting to happen.”

“Yep, definitely about her,” Atlas agrees.

I grit my teeth. “Thefriendplan isn’t the problem, it’s . . .” I trail off, suddenly unsure how to say it to these clowns in a way which will force them to be fucking serious for a minute. “I found out tonight that the little girl I’ve seen her with isn’t her sister. It’s her daughter.”

There. I said it. Out loud.

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