Page 34 of Kiss Me Ever After
“More than you have. And I would leave if I could be sure you’d treat her right and stopped messing her around.”
“Such a big man. First, protecting your mum, then the hero of the hour pulling off the big rescue at the Blue Goose.” He sneered. “They arrest you for the robbery yet?”
“I had nothing to do with it!”
“Yeah, right. Keep telling everyone that and you might start believing it yourself.”
Whatever shred of restraint I had left disappeared. I flew at him and shoved him backwards.
Already unsteady on his feet, he lurched from side to side, arms flailing. Once he’d regained his balance, he narrowed his eyes, a look of pure hatred directed towards me. “You’ll wish you had left by the time I’m done with you.”
His fist connecting with my jaw caught me totally off guard. For someone who had drunk so much, I hadn’t expected his coordination to be so good. Or for his punch to be so strong. I staggered backwards a little, bumping against one of the cars.
This wasn’t going to end well.
16
Lennon
Once Justin had gone,I took a long leisurely soak in the tub. My thigh muscles ached deliciously from the exercise they weren’t accustomed to. Thoughts of his head between my legs, his tongue circling my clit, had me sneaking my fingers under the bubbles. All thoughts of the cross words with Mum disappeared as I brought myself off again.
She was being unreasonable.
Justin was a decent guy.
He had a job; he looked out for his family and friends.
Plus, I had no doubt he was totally into me after today.
A smile crept across my face as I towelled myself dry. I pulled on pyjama shorts and a vest and snuggled up under my duvet.
While I’d been in the bath, my phone had gone crazy. There were a million unread messages from Amber, the most recent one written all in capitals and punctured with exclamation marks.LENNON!!! CALL ME RIGHT NOW!!! I NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING!!!
I chuckled. No doubt Mum had filled Sonya in on who had been at the house.
Lennon: Come over. You know where the spare key is.
If there had been a world record attached to how long it took Amber to get from her house to mine, she would have smashed it to smithereens. I swear it was less than two minutes from me pressing send to her arriving at my bedroom door, out of breath.
“Oh. My. God. Lennon!” She squealed and launched herself at the bed, landing in an untidy heap next to me. “Ugh, is this where you and he…you know?” She plucked at the sheet.
“Don’t worry, I changed the covers.”
“But you did…” Her green eyes widened.
I bit my lip. Part of me felt disloyal for spilling all the details of our sex life so soon. Although if I didn’t tell someone, I would burst.
“Yes, yes, we did.” I let out a long breath.
“Finally!” Amber grabbed me in a hug. “I thought the two of you were never going to get it together.”
I gave her a face-splitting grin as she released me.
“Your mum was practically incandescent when she arrived at ours,” said Amber, pulling a piece of skin away from her thumb. “Luckily Mum got the gin out, and when I left, they were talking about Hugh Grant and how much better-looking he is now.”
“Oh, great.” I rolled my eyes. Mum and Sonya on a bender never ended well.
“Come on, tell me everything,” Amber said conspiratorially. “Is he as hot as I think he is?”
