Cruel Kisses (It's Just High School #2) - Thandiwe Mpofu Page 0,119
been in a committed relationship with her,” I mutter, my heart racing in my chest for some reason. “She had me wrapped around her little finger from the beginning. She saw me, she understood me, she challenged me to step back and look at the bigger picture.”
“Julian…”
“You had me fucked up right from the start, Mia. How could I think to give myself to someone else when you took almost everything I have to give and left a small, messed up part that made sure that I would barely function until I got to you.”
“No, you took hostage of everything for me. You took all my firsts, and I resented you for that.”
“I don’t give a fuck,” I deadpan. “When it comes to you, Mia, everything is mine. Your first kiss, mine. Your first fuck, mine. Your first fucking orgasm that made you see the stars, mine too.”
“Well then, there’s one more,” she whispers, her face hovering above mine now. “You were my first hate.”
“You were mine too,” I purr. “That’s part of our committed relationship thing, baby. The hate played a part for years. That kept me linked to you.”
“I love you so fucking much,” she whispers. “I think I always knew.”
“I told Aiden about you,” I start, my voice tight.
“Really?”
“Yeah. It was days after our spectacular meet and die kiss. He could see that I was losing my damn mind over everything that was happening and so he asked me who I wanted to hurt.”
“Of course you told him me.”
“I’ve never lied to my big brother,” I say, my chest tight as I think of Aiden. “I told him that you took advantage of me and you kissed me then something happened and I never saw you again.”
She’s silent for a while. “I really didn’t mean to hurt him,” she cries softly. “I hope he forgives me.”
“He did,” I whisper. “He had no hate in his heart, even when he had all the reason in the world to despise it, each day was a blessing for him. Which is why he told me to find you, kiss you back and never let you go.”
“Oh my God, what?”
“I have no idea how you got to him, but my brother was a fan of yours,” I mutter. “And Liam seems to be of that persuasion as well.”
Liam… I need to talk to him.
“I wish I had known him.”
“You have no idea how many times I had imagined you two meeting. I was pretty sure he was going to fall in love with you too.”
“Fall in love with me, too?” she questions, her eyes dilating.
“Come on, Little Minx. You already know I’ve been in some kind of something with you. In like. In hate. In hell. Now, in all that but also in love.”
“I love you, Julian.”
When everything goes to hell, bursting the bubble I’d been in with Mia, it starts out slowly. After the beach we went back to our villa, where I made love to her for the first time in my life.
It wasn’t fucking like we’ve done before, no this was different.
This time, something was different. The way she looked at me. The way she gasped out my name, the way she felt, it was all different and fuck, I fell deeper for her.
She fell asleep in my arms, but before I could enjoy the feel of her in my arms, there is a loud knock on the door.
I ignore it, knowing that it’s probably Max checking in again, but then the knocking becomes persistent. Getting up, I wrap a damn sheet around my waist and go to the door where surprise, surprise, Max is standing, but as soon as I see the look on his face, I know something is wrong.
“There’s a private plane waiting for you at a private airport five miles from here. You’re expected to be on it in twenty minutes.”
“The fuck, Max?”
“I’m sorry, monsieur, but this requires your immediate attention. Also, Monsieur Fitzgerald asked that you not do anything stupid.”
Do anything stupid? What does dad think I am, five years old?
“You can tell dad that he can go fuck himself and that me and my girl are going to stay out here for the rest of our short days as per our agreement.”
I go to close the door, but before I can do that, Max takes his phone out of the breast pocket of his suit jacket and gives it to me. And right there, on the bright screen I see my face