Damaged Love - Jaxson Kidman Page 0,7
hair behind my ear.
“Clean slate.”
“Huh?”
“Clean slate, Winter,” Xavier said. “I don’t care about the past. If there even is one. Not sure I even believe in it. It’s just about what happens now. You can’t take things too seriously.”
“You’re telling me that?” I asked.
After what you did…
“I just wanted to see you for a second, Winter. Make sure you were okay. There’s been a lot of weird shit happening.”
“Like what?”
“The thing with Noah. Easton’s car. Someone busted a window at my shop. Didn’t break in or take anything. Kind of fucked up, you know?”
“Wish I could help,” I said. “But… again…”
“You can’t remember,” Xavier said. “Hey, can I tell you a secret?”
“Sure,” I said.
Xavier got even closer to me. His lips were an inch from mine.
“Sometimes I wish I could forget too,” he whispered. “To not remember… fuck…”
My heart thudded faster.
It felt like Xavier was trying to confess to something.
My lips parted, trying to find words to speak.
Xavier gently pressed his lips to mine.
My eyes went wide.
You can’t kiss him. You can’t kiss these guys. You can’t keep… fuck… you’re going to do this…
I kissed him back.
His right hand grabbed my hip and he pulled me against his body.
That same hand then slid around to the small of my back and down, getting close to grabbing my ass.
The kiss exploded hotter, our tongues colliding, swirling around one another.
He held me so tight against himself I could feel…
I turned my head and broke the kiss.
My body was on fire and my knees felt weak.
I gasped for a breath.
“Goodnight, Xavier,” I said.
He laughed. “Yeah. Goodnight. Hope to see you again soon, Winter. If now, I know where to find you.”
I glanced at him again.
They were all trying to fuck with my head and heart.
But I knew why.
They didn’t know that.
I wondered if I could fuck with them right back.
Win their hearts. All three. Then shatter them.
That almost felt like going down in flames though.
Xavier walked away and I listened to the thumping of his steps get quieter with the distance.
He went down to the beach and vanished into the night.
When I turned around, I gasped and covered my mouth.
The kiss was so hot with Xavier I forgot about Talon in my bedroom.
I got on my hands and knees and reached under my bed.
“Nice angle, darling,” Talon said.
Heat rushed to my face as I got the money for Talon.
I quickly stood up, everything about me flustered and flushed.
I threw the money to the bed.
Talon laughed.
“What’s so funny?”
“This,” he said. “Us together. Secret. Money on the bed. Your cheeks red because I was looking at your ass.”
“Please leave,” I said.
“I’m getting there,” Talon said. “By the way, I like what you’re doing there. Getting close to them like that. They have no idea, Winter. No fucking idea.”
“Yeah, well, if I’m doing all the work, then I don’t really need you, do I?”
“I guess it pays to make yourself needed,” Talon said. “You need me, darling. To keep my mouth shut. Right?”
“Just get out,” I said. “If you don’t, I’ll call the police. You want to run your mouth, go ahead?”
Talon nodded. “Calling my bluff is dangerous.”
I stepped toward him and put my hand to his chest. “You’re a Troc. You care about two things. I have both things. Cash. And ass. You’ve got one of the two. As long as you know it’s there, you won’t do a thing. And you’re dumb enough to not realize the ass thing will never happen. So you’ll keep coming back. Now get the fuck out of my bedroom. I can’t wait to hear what your next idea is for Noah, Easton, and Xavier.”
I kissed the air.
Talon smiled and finally backed away.
He climbed out of the window he had climbed through and was gone.
I didn’t understand why he didn’t use the steps and the deck to get to my room.
But he was a Troc. They were just…
I heard a knocking sound behind me.
I spun around, wondering what the hell was going to happen next.
The person I thought I was going to see standing there…
“Gia.”
She stepped into the bedroom and looked around.
“Are you alone?” she whispered.
“Of course I am,” I said.
Great. Back to lying…
I opened my mouth and sighed. “Fuck. No. I mean, yes. I’m alone right now. But I wasn’t. Talon was here. Then Xavier showed up. Then-”
“What?” Gia yelled. “They were here together?”
“They didn’t know.”
Gia’s face turned red. “Are you… wait…”
“Gia,” I said. “I can’t do this with you anymore. You’ve been a ghost since I walked