Beneath the Hood (Sugarlake, #3)
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I can’t, in good conscience, just ignore what I’ve seen.
Aurora Kretsch
You shouldn't. It's not good babe
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He places the newspaper down, picking up his mug and sipping. “I thought we could spend the day together.”
Aurora Kretsch
Something is definitely up
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“Look, Dad.” I sigh. “The only wasted potential here is our relationship.”
Aurora Kretsch
Oooo tell him girl
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it feels wrong to do her father’s bidding when I’ve had her cum on my tongue.
Aurora Kretsch
yeah.
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It’s a dangerous game I’m playing and the logical side of me knows I should put a stop to it. I started bonding with her out of a need for distraction, and if I think on the situation for too long a sense of codependency prods at my fractures—the glue holding my pieces together entirely dependent on Blakely making them stick.
Aurora Kretsch
Yeah y'all have a crazy codependent relationship
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“No, baby, I just need a minute, or I’ll fuck you on this table.”
Aurora Kretsch
Daddy
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I look around, noting the minimalism of everything, wondering why in the eight years that he’s been with me, I’ve never seen his place. Never taken the time to get to know him beyond what he can do for me.
Aurora Kretsch
Yeah she's so young and self centered it's a little crazy.
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I push the food around on my plate, taking a bite here and there, my mind in turmoil over how to bring up the fact that if this is going to work with us, he needs to take my lifestyle choices seriously. That means stick to my prepped meals or having me pre-approve whatever he makes.
Aurora Kretsch
Girl how do you not see this as a fucking problem???
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Here I am thinking I’m in love and I haven’t even taken the time to get to know about his life.
Aurora Kretsch
Yeah girl you are self centered af but like what can you expect from a 19 year old?
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“No offense, Jackson, but she sounds like a bitch.”
Aurora Kretsch
Oh my gosh. He does not have all the info. Jesus. Plus like.... Jax is being a little too self centered and mopey when he talks about her.
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Hoping that maybe, if I stay here long enough, he’ll transform me into something beautiful.
Aurora Kretsch
Ohhh sweetie....
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The silver metal of his necklace glints as it jostles against his chest and I lean in, noticing for the first time that they’re dog tags. My heart squeezes, realizing they’re his father’s.
Aurora Kretsch
HOW DID YOU NOT SEE THAT BEFORE???????
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“Jackson, if you don’t, I’ll go find someone who will.”
Aurora Kretsch
Bullshit
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“The only man that will touch anything on you, is me, princess.”
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Daddy
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keep your eyes on me. I need to see you. Need to make sure you’re here with me.” She snaps them open, a thousand emotions swirling out of her gaze, matching the intensity of how I feel inside. And suddenly, I know what this is. This is love.
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My stomach tenses. “God, yes. Put your cum in me,” I plead.
Aurora Kretsch
Um cringe
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BLAKELY
Aurora Kretsch
Its been every other up until this point
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“I didn’t think so. I mean, I told him... who would you even have been with? That would mean you lost your V-card, and I know for damn sure you wouldn’t do that and not tell your best friend.”
Aurora Kretsch
Who the fuck is him? Her dad? Is she a paid friend?
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I’m not sure how things like this usually work, but in my head, I imagined telling her and us gushing together, my excitement bleeding into hers until she demanded every detail, her joy solely because someone is making me happy. But maybe that’s not how girlfriends work in real life.
Aurora Kretsch
No it is. She's def paid for by daddy and Jackson is about to get fired
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“Kayla, promise me you won’t say anything. I told you because I wanted someone to confide in. I don’t want this getting out, okay? It’s important. He’s important.”
Aurora Kretsch
If you think this bitch is not about to blab to everyone you are sorely mistaken
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Mainly, with her father. The one who just left the garage, reminding me once again that my job with her is to be his eyes and nothing more.
Aurora Kretsch
He fucking knows.
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“Lookin’ mighty fine there, Jackson Rhoades.” My heart stalls in my chest as I slowly turn around. “Holy shit.”
Aurora Kretsch
Lee???????
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Alina May Carson stands at the entry between the garage and the main building.
Aurora Kretsch
Called itttttt
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“Yeah, uhh, Chase came with me.”
Aurora Kretsch
Oh god..... Tell me this goes well
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“Hey, sweetheart. Ready to get some Jax lovin’ in today?”
Aurora Kretsch
Ew.
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I realized that she was so much more than I thought.”
Aurora Kretsch
More in what way? She has literally no personality outside of her fucking insecurities
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new people always have something to say about the way I eat.
Aurora Kretsch
ANd Alina can't keep her mouth shut about anything. Girl has zero filter.
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I’ve only known her for two minutes, but she’s already so different from the image I had in my head.
Aurora Kretsch
Yeah because he basically shit all over her to you.
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“I thought you’d be a bitch.”
Aurora Kretsch
Jesus.
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“I mean they want to put you two together out and about in public. Get people talking... asking questions.” She pauses. “I think it’s a good idea.”
Aurora Kretsch
No fucking way Jackson is gonna be okay with that.
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“Guys grope, B. That’s what they do. Especially when you wear your cute little outfits and prance around on stage with your tits and ass in their face.”
Aurora Kretsch
Uh fuck you no they do not
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I want to race across the city, hunt down that backstabbing bitch and throttle her.
Aurora Kretsch
Zero to sixty in 3.5
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Kayla stands in the middle of his living room, naked, save for a white bedsheet around her body, her wide eyes staring at me across the space.
Aurora Kretsch
Saw that coming. But also i wanna learn about their story
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Opening my eyes, I walk over to Kayla, my hand coming up and whipping across her face, the sharp sting of my palm satisfying every single cell in my body. Her head rolls to the side, a surprised gasp leaving her lips.
Aurora Kretsch
That was all incredibly dramatic
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“She’s amazin’, you know? Young.” She laughs. “But amazin’. You did good, Teeth.”
Aurora Kretsch
Amazing? 70% of her personality is damsel in distress. The other 30% is eating disorder.
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And as we both come back down to earth, my body buzzes, happy as hell this is the last night we’ll have to hide.
Aurora Kretsch
Mmmm i kinda doubt that
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“This hardly counts as food.” I wave my hand toward the shelves. “I need something I can eat, Jackson.”
Aurora Kretsch
Oh no. They're about to go boom
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I don’t even know what it is I’m inhaling. But it doesn’t matter.
Aurora Kretsch
Girlfriend..
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What I don’t expect is my father, sitting at the kitchen island, his laptop open in front of him, his jaw tense and his brows furrowed.
Aurora Kretsch
I'm guessing he's looking at a photo of her and Jackson making out on his porch?
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I trusted him, and he disrespected me by going behind my back and taking advantage of a child.”
Aurora Kretsch
Two things: 1. Technically she's not a child even though she acts like one and 2. Fuck off.
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“Dad, if I stay away from him. If I make it clear that we’ll never speak again, will you keep him?”
Aurora Kretsch
Aww this is sad
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“The truth is,” she continues. “He’s twenty-eight and a glorified mechanic. There’s nothing there that interests me. And now that my father’s back, you won’t be seeing any more of Jackson Rhoades.”
Aurora Kretsch
Ummm girl. Did you have to be so savage???
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“You fucked my daughter.” His words are crass and they make my muscles tense.
Aurora Kretsch
That's one way to put it
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I didn’t even know we had home videos. I would have watched them every day.
Aurora Kretsch
:'(
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“Ladies, have no fear, the sexy one is here.”
Aurora Kretsch
There's the Jackson i loved
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You don’t hear me complainin’ when you drone on about Chase fuckin’ you six ways from Sunday.”
Aurora Kretsch
I fucking love Becca
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“I never would have leaked to the press if I would have known the result was you having some come-to Jesus moment.”
Aurora Kretsch
Bitch
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Maybe she still is, and she was just misguided in her actions.
Aurora Kretsch
Nah dude. She sucks
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“Neither am I.” Sadness tinges his voice.  I think he’s saying he doesn’t see her anymore, even though he loves her. Empathy sneaks from my chest and pours into my heart, knowing all too well what that feels like. 
Aurora Kretsch
I think he broke up with her...
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Any man would be humiliated by what you did.”
Aurora Kretsch
True.