Until Him (Inevitable, #1)

by Cora Rose

Why does he keep staring at me? I don’t think he’s checking me out, either. I think he’s probably measuring my skin for lampshades. Maybe he’ll cook up my ass and eat it with a side of broccolini.

Never had another dude’s come in my belly button before. It’s like a tiny swimming pool. I should set up a small diving board or some shit.

Curie never moved from her spot on the bed, but now her leg is straight up in the air, and she’s licking her butthole. She’s probably just reminding me that soon my butthole is going to be wrecked by her human’s monster dick.

I nudge her, but she doesn’t wake up. So, I gently slide her unconscious body under the bed. I don’t want her watching my first time. I can just imagine her holding up tiny scorecards. Four point five for effort, negative seven for technique.

she’d let me. She’s a hungry bitch. She meows incessantly until I feed her, then eats exactly two kibbles and glowers at me.

He glances over at me and winks, and my boxers catch fire. They blaze and turn to ash. Shit.

I will not like this man any more than I should. It’s too dangerous. He and I don’t mix. Like bleach and vinegar, we’re toxic.

piece it back together. Theo, like me, may seem like he has it all together, but something isn’t right. He has secrets. There has to be a reason he’s acting this way.

Theo reaches out and links his pinkie with mine. Fuck, he’s sweet in his own way. He reminds me of a cold wild animal that snaps at you when you try to pet it, but really, it just wants you to curl up with it and keep it warm.

I reach over and lock the doors, just to prevent any mishaps or sudden urges he may have. I’ve never had someone run away from me before and I’m not looking to start now. “You locking me in? Do you spend your weekends kidnapping people?” Theo asks and I snort.

“Puhleeze. If I was kidnapping you, you’d be in my trunk. Tied up.” He coughs a little and eyes me. “You’re a strange guy, Logan.”

Unfortunately, he didn’t leave any of his soap for me to use, but it’s probably for the best. I totally would have jacked off with it.

sucks one into his mouth. Oh my god, I knew it. Nipples. I like my nipples played with. I want to try nipple clamps now. All the clamps. Just clamp them on,

His finger trails a line right over my balls to my hole and I swear to God, I’m going to need to be hospitalized after this.

“Nothing’s changed for you, huh?” “No. This weekend was a…distraction. Like we said it would be. It has to go back to normal now.” What

“Nah. It is, Theo. I got the hint,” he says. “You’ve told me a shit ton of times and I finally get it. This is just transactional. Tutoring for sex. Nothing more.”

leaves. I miss him. I spent the entire week obsessing over him, even eating those vegetables his dad gave me until there were none left, and I hate vegetables. Jesus, I’m messed up.

“I don’t fit,” I whisper, and Logan reaches out, his hand clasping onto my neck. “You fit with me just fine. You just don’t want to.” God, I want to. But it’s not that simple, is it? It can’t be.

mouth. “Don’t you say it. This is me being a friend, Theo. Your friend. It’s a thing people do.” Fuck. I don’t want to be his friend. I want to be his everything.

I’d initially thought he was an attention whore, but now I realize that he’s just a genuinely nice person that people want to be around.

I don’t blame people for flocking to him. I want to flock to him. I have currently flocked. Oh my god, I’m a stage-five clinger.

again and sitting on my oversensitive dick. It’s torture. Absolute fucking torture. Logan is edging me to death.

I can’t let myself hope. On my end…I already know it’s hopeless. He’s chiseled away at my stony heart and it’s completely cracked open but I know this thing between us has an end date. He’ll get tired of me and then we will part ways. I have to remember that.

Curie makes her way over to my lower back and sits on my ass. What a cockblocker.

Curie brushes up against my ankles. She thinks she’s getting food. Well, fuck you cat, I so brought you treats.

“I told you not to buy shit for her. But did you listen? Nope. Now look at what you’ve done. You’ve created a monster.” I huff in annoyance because, apparently, he was right. Curie is a greedy bitch who is totally cockblocking me.

a few canisters of premium cat food. She sees it and goes wild, meowing noisily and brushing up against my calves like she didn’t just bite the shit out of me.

Yeah, this will probably get around. Don’t mind that one bit. Theo’s mine.

“You always look good. You just look…even gooder.” I can no longer speak English. He has robbed me of this.

friends. We’re just friends right now. Friends, who may or may not have sex in the greenhouse later.

I want him all the time, and I’m planning on showing him that as frequently as I can. Starting with tonight…preferably bent over the strawberry bushes.

about us, and if what we have can last. All I do know is: there is no steeling my heart. It’s already thawed, completely melted, and at his mercy.

I was going to invite him to Christmas. I wanted to spend the holidays with him. I wanted to fuck under the mistletoe. Does he not want me anymore? Does he just need a little space? What the hell is even happening?

“Fuck. I’m not leaving, and you’re spending motherfucking Christmas with me. And the new year. And next Christmas, too. And the rest of our time on earth, really.”

“Are you sure?” He grumbles under his breath. “I’m fucking sure. You’re mine. Good luck getting rid of me.”

Who knew he’d be the one to help me heal? Who knew he’d be the perfect person for me? Not me. It was never me, until him.