Wrecked (Clayton Falls) - By Alyssa Rose Ivy Page 0,54
the morning.”
“Oh, are you? You’re not even asking anymore?”
“Nope. You like me wearing your clothes.” She grinned.
“That I do. But you know what I like even better?”
“What?”
“You naked.”
“So original.”
“It’s true. You look good in everything, but you look best wearing nothing at all.”
She glanced at the door.
“He’s sleeping.”
“Good.” She pulled off the t-shirt.
“Yeah, see that’s what I mean. How can any clothing compare to that?”
“You don’t look so bad naked yourself.”
“No?”
“No.” She came over and tugged off my boxers.
“Now you’re overdressed.” I pulled off her panties.
Before I could reach out and touch her, she was slipping under the covers. “I forgot how comfortable this bed was.”
“You know—”
“You don’t have to say it.”
“If you moved in you could—”
She cut me off with a kiss. It wasn’t a gentle kiss either. She pushed into my mouth, and I welcomed her. I loved the way her mouth tasted, minty from the toothpaste, yet sweet at the same time. I let a hand slip down to cup one of her breasts and she moaned. Before I could do anything else, she climbed on top of me. “It’s my turn.”
“I’m all yours.”
“Good.”
She pulled out her hair tie and leaned her head back as she shifted on top of me. There couldn’t have been anything hotter.
Chapter Twenty-Two
Emily
I couldn’t give him an answer. I knew what I wanted to say, but that didn’t mean it was the right decision. I wanted to move in with him—I wanted to get Noah out of our cramped apartment. I wanted to spend every night in Jake’s arms. But what happened if Jake changed his mind about us? Where would that leave us? My lease wasn’t up until the end of December, so I had time, but Jake wouldn’t want to wait that long for an answer.
I was still worrying about it when Mel came over a few nights later.
“Jake asked us to move in with him.” I didn’t beat around the bush. I barely gave Mel enough time to sit down before throwing it out there.
“Wow, what did you say back?” She ate a few pieces of popcorn. She’d come over after Noah’s bedtime so we could catch up and watch some of our shows.
“I told him I didn’t know.”
“You want to say yes though.”
“Yeah, I do.”
“But you’re scared.” She set aside the bowl of popcorn.
“Terrified.”
“I honestly don’t know the right answer. I see the way Jake looks at you. He worships you, and I really think you can trust him, but you’ve also only been with him a few months. He’s obviously got a history of being reckless…” She looked away as she trailed off.
“I know. I want to trust him, but it’s not just me at stake.”
“The way I see it is you have a few more months. Give yourself some more time. If you still feel the same away about him when the time comes to sign the lease, then take the plunge.”
“Take the plunge? That’s a very good description for it.”
Mel curled her legs up under her. “It’s just crazy how you went from not dating to thinking about moving in with a guy.”
“I know. And that’s the problem. Maybe it’s unhealthy.”
“Unhealthy for who? You or Noah?”
“Maybe both?”
“Don’t worry yourself about it. Take the time to figure out what you want. The rest will fall into place naturally.”
“I hope you’re right.”
“I am. Now let’s watch some TV.”
***
I still couldn’t believe that Noah and Jake had the same birthday. Obviously lots of people were born on November 16th, but the chances that both of the boys in my life shared it had to be pretty unlikely. I’d finally figured out the gifts I was getting for both of them. Noah was getting a tricycle and Jake’s gift wasn’t something that you could wrap. I’d picked up something physical to give him though. It was one of those picture frames with spots for a bunch of different photos. He complained that he didn’t have any real pictures of us, so I printed some out and filled the frame with them. My favorite photo was one of him holding Noah on his shoulders so he could throw a basketball through the hoop. They both had the biggest grins on their faces. I’d actually gotten the picture from Mary. She’d taken it when we were over for dinner one night and emailed it to me.
The 16th fell on a Saturday, and Mary wanted to throw a joint party for both of them. I was fine with it, but I also