girl. Help me out.”
Before I can grab hold of my cousin, she darts forward, and then a sickening punch connects with Jessica’s face. She staggers backward, then falls on her butt. Jade follows Jessica to the ground and straddling her, she begins to deliver one blow after the other.
Finally, I manage to move forward, but then Jase wraps his arms around my waist, and he pulls me back to his chest. I glance over my shoulder at him. “We have to stop Jade!”
He shakes his head hard. “No.”
Watching Jade hit Jessica has me covering my mouth with shock. I’ve only seen my cousin lose control like that once before, and it wasn’t pretty.
Fallon finally pulls Jade from Jessica, and she struggles to keep hold of her as Jade keeps fighting against her grip. “I’m not done!” Jade screams.
I break free from Jase and rush to my cousin, and once I wrap my arms around her, she begins to still. Her breaths explode over her lips, and her entire body is wound tight.
I frame her face and lock eyes with her. “Calm down, Jade. You made your point.”
She sucks in deep breaths and finally relaxes enough that I feel comfortable with letting go of her.
I turn to where Jessica is sobbing as she spits blood from her mouth.
Jase glares down at her, no pity anywhere on his furious features. “Someone clean up this fucking mess.” His gaze snaps to Fallon. “And make sure she never sets foot here again.”
Fallon nods, then Jase grabs hold of my hand and drags me after him.
All the adrenaline from the fight still has my heart hammering in my chest, and I only manage to catch my breath when Jase pulls me into his room and slams the door shut behind us.
His whole body is wound tense as he turns to stare at me, and it makes me swallow hard. Then he snaps, “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Confused, I stare at him. “What?”
“About the fucking rumors, Mila!” Having his rage directed at me feels like I’m facing off with a grizzly bear.
But I stand my ground as I answer, “Because your mom told me it would happen and to just ignore them.”
A look of exasperation crosses his features, and he shakes his head. “You should’ve come to me with this.” He moves forward and framing my face with his hands, his eyes burn down on me. “From now on, you tell me the second you hear anyone talk about you.”
I nod quickly, then ask, “Was that what the fight with Jessica was about?”
Jase draws in a deep breath, and he seems to calm down a little. “Yeah, Nate told me Jessica kept encouraging Justin to date you. According to Nate, she made Justin believe you were in love with him. And then I overheard her talking shit to her friends.”
I bring my hands to his wrists and softly say, “It doesn’t matter.”
“Everything about you matters.” And then his mouth is on mine, and his kiss is so wild all I can do is hang on to him.
Jase wraps an arm around my waist, and he pulls me into him as he tilts his head to get a better angle. His teeth and lips take turns working my mouth into a passionate frenzy.
The hypnotizing effect Jase has on me is powerful. He clouds my mind and demands every sense to focus only on him.
When he frees my mouth, I stand and gasp for air like a fish out of water. “Wow,” I breathe. “If that’s your way of punishing me for not coming to you with a problem, I’m going to start hiding everything from you.”
A sexy smirk pulls at his lips. “Don’t you fucking dare. Next time I’m spanking you.”
I can’t resist as a grin settles on my face, and I lower my voice, “Is that a promise?”
“Fuck, woman. You’ll be the death of me.” He begins to lower his head again, but then there’s a knock at the door, and it has Jase shouting, “What?”
Fallon pushes the door open, and when she sees us standing so close to each other, a broad smile stretches over her face. “I’m here to steal Mila.” She takes hold of my arm and pulls me away from Jase. “Come on. We have a date.”
“What date?” Jase begins to frown darkly.
“A girl’s night. Chill.” Fallon lets out a chuckle as we walk to the living room. “Time for facials and relaxing. We haven’t done this in a long while, and