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I looked at Mia. She looked so carefree and beautiful in that moment, I didn’t care. They could talk about that shit all night if I got to see her so unrestrained. I laughed too, simply because she looked so happy.

“Well I’m glad you both get so much amusement out of the awkwardness that is my sex life. Now that I am thoroughly embarrassed, I’m going to go hide in Aiden’s room.”

Aiden gave both Mia and his Mom a stern look before snatching up a few pastries and motioning for me to follow him.

Chapter 25

Mia

After Jace left the kitchen with Aiden, I started to feel bad. I knew I’d embarrassed him by talking about that stuff with Mom, and although he’d laughed it off, I wanted to apologize.

When I heard the shower running, I snatched at the opportunity and snuck down to Aiden’s room. Knocking softly, I cracked the door open and peered inside.

Jace looked up at me and smirked. “Aiden’s in the shower.”

“I thought so.” Moving closer to where Jace was standing, I bit my lip. “I’m sorry about before.”

He reached out and grabbed me, pulling me into a tight hug. “I can’t believe you told your mom that!”

I smiled against his chest and shrugged. “I usually tell my mom everything. Admittedly, I don’t usually have anything very interesting to tell her, but I don’t usually keep secrets from her either. Until you, that is…”

I looked up at him then stretched up to press my lips to his. His arms tightened around me and he softly urged my lips apart, deepening the kiss. “Can I come see you later?” he whispered.

“Oh…um…it’s that time of the month again…”

His eyes narrowed. “I’m pretty sure I told you I’m not just in it for sex, Mia. We can just cuddle and talk. It doesn’t matter. I just want to be with you.”

Damn, he said the sweetest things. “Okay. I’ll text you when the coast is clear.”

He smiled and pulled me into another kiss. I sighed as he coaxed my mouth open again, and shivered when his tongue slid against mine. My fingers tensed on his back and his tangled in my hair, holding me to his kiss. God, I wanted him so bad.

The sound of the bathroom door opening down the hall sent us flying apart. I instantly froze, my eyes wide, but Jace jumped into action and grabbed an empty plate off the dresser and handed it to me before scrambling around the bed to grab a couple of glasses that were sitting on the bedside table.

The door swung open and Aiden frowned, seeing me standing there in the middle of his room. I scowled at him. “Mom wants your dirty dishes you pig.”

Aiden smiled sheepishly. “Oh, thanks. Sorry.”

I shrugged, my heart still racing as I took the glasses Jace held out to me and fled from the room. Shit, that was a close call.

Dumping the dirty items in the kitchen sink, I went to my room and called Kaeli. She answered on the second ring. “Have you seen Melissa’s Facebook page?”

I frowned. “No, I’m not friends with her.”

“Neither am I, but her settings are stupid like all those other skanks. I think they just want everyone to see what stupid shit they do.”

“So, what did she say?”

“She’s put all this shit up about having her world rocked by Jace. All these people have commented on it. There’s heaps of good stuff about the band and that, but there are a lot of comments from other girls about going after the guys, and I mean going after them!”

I swallowed back the sick that was hinting in my throat. What was with girls wanting to screw someone just because they were famous – o

r very close to being famous? I just didn’t get it.

Kaeli continued on her rant. “I just want them all to get caught out on their lies. I’d love everyone to know that they just made it up. I mean, can you imagine the uproar that would be happening if it was a guy who’d spread lies like that about a girl?! I can’t believe Jace isn’t as mad as hell, but then again, guys kind of like to look like they’re studs to their friends, don’t they?”

I sighed. “Obviously there are girls who like to look like sluts to their friends too…”

Kaeli heaved out a breath. “It’s like they’ve got this competition going where whoever gets to screw Jace gets into this hall of fame or something – and you’re the only one I know who deserves to be there!”

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