Page 14 of Adore Her

“Jesus, you’re beautiful,” Maddox murmurs, his hands running over my thighs.

“You’re not too bad, either,” I say. My eyes trail from his sexy eyes down to his abs, and then to his cock, which is rock hard and leaking cum. I don’t need to touch myself to know I’m already so wet for him. Wrapping a hand around his bare cock, I move over him and sink down onto him, moaning as he pushes up into me.

Thirty minutes later, my body still shimmering with pleasure, I saunter into the kitchen in search of coffee. There is, in fact, a pot of coffee already made—and my brother is also in the kitchen, leaning against the counter as he drinks from a mug.

“Morning,” I say cheerfully.

“Morning.” Jude’s greeting is far less enthused. “Sleep well?”

“Mmhmm.” I grab the coffee carafe and pour some into a mug. “You?”

“Not especially.”

I take a sip of coffee. It’s not as tasty as it should be, thanks to my brother’s pissy mood.

“Why can’t you just be happy for us, Jude?” I ask.

“Wouldyoube happy if I was fucking one of your friends?”

“Don’t be crude.”

Jude releases a sharp, frustrated sigh. “I just don’t want to see you get hurt, Cor.”

“Who says I’m going to get hurt?” I snap. “But even if that does happen, I’m a big girl. I can take care of myself.”

“I never should have brought you on this trip,” Jude grumbles.

“Stop, Jude. Just stop.” I slam my coffee cup against the counter. “Not that this is any of your business, but what Maddox and I have going on isn’t some meaningless hookup. It’s actuallysomething. We’re really into each other, and it’s not a shallow or fleeting attraction. What we have is way deeper than that.”

“What are youtalkingabout?” Jude says, gaping at me.

“He and I are meant to be!” I say, exasperated.

“You met him less than twenty-four hours ago.”

“So? Haven’t you ever heard of love at first sight?”

Jude lets out a loud, disdainful laugh. “Love at first sight. That’s rich. Cor, you watch too many movies. Shit like that doesn’t happen in real life.”

I can’t believe he’s being such an ass about this. I also can’t believe that I basically just told my brother that I’m in love with Maddox.

It didn’t feel wrong, though. It didn’t feel wrong at all.

“Whatever,” I say to Jude. “Believe what you want. I know the truth.”

“You’re being delusional!” Jude says, but as far as I’m concerned, our conversation is over. I leave the kitchen and head straight back to Maddox’s room, knocking first and then letting myself in.

The shower is running, so I call out his name to let him know I’m back.

“Come in here,” he calls out.

I step into the luxurious steam-filled bathroom. Maddox is standing beneath the shower head, letting the powerful stream run over his broad, bare chest. Poking his head around the thick pane of glass that divides the shower from the rest of the bathroom, he says, “Join me.”

Then, seeing my face, his smile falters.

“You okay, baby?”

I shake my head. “Jude and I just got in an argument. I don’t think he’s going to accept the idea of you and me.”

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