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“Damn, I look good.” Carter pivots, watching himself in the mirror. He tugs on the lapels of his tailored suit jacket. “I’d fuck me.” He hands his phone to Emmett before he presses his palm to the floor-length mirror, sticks his butt out, and looks back at us over his shoulder. “Take a picture. Gonna send it to Ollie. Let her know what she’s in store for tonight.” Emmett shoves a stool toward Carter. “Hike your leg up.” His head bobs as he snaps pictures. “Yeah, that’s good. Ollie’ll like that.”
“Fuck, I love when you’re wrong.” My mouth covers hers, coaxing it open, and her tongue meets mine for a slow, sweeping kiss. “You’re my sunshine.”
I’m out of my seat before I realize my feet are moving, and I step in front of Jennie, shoving Kevin backward. “Don’t fucking touch her,” I growl as Jennie’s hand slips up the back of my hoodie, gripping a fistful of my shirt, tugging me closer. “Don’t fucking talk to her. Don’t even fucking look at her.”
“Today I used one of your dildos to fix a dent you put in your brother’s car, then watched you moan over every single bite of your dinner and lick your fingers clean. Being with you is like watching my favorite TV show. I’m always on the edge of my seat, waiting to see what comes next.” She beams. “I’m your favorite?” “My fucking favorite.” “Can you show me?”
“I’ll do whatever the fuck you want me to do, Jennie.”
“The day we fuck is going to be like lightning, Jennie. I’m gonna light up your entire sky, the same way you do mine.”
“I can’t wait to see how perfectly you fit my cock. Can’t wait to see your beautiful face the first time I come inside you.”
“Olivia can say anything she wants! She’s growing my baby and sucking my dick!”
She’s the only person I want to spend my one night home with,
My eyes fall to the tall object sitting on the floor between him and Olivia, and I bury my face in my hand. “Does he have a fucking tripod stand and a video recorder? Does he not know cellphones come equipped with video function now?” Adam chuckles. “He’s a proud brother.” Proud he is. He spends the entire show half-assed clapping at the end of each performance before he examines the program and announces how many songs there are until Jennie’s. It’s the very last song, so by the time we get there and Carter leans forward and opens his big mouth, our entire row and the one behind us all drone
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“I took Susie outside, told her I was in love with the brunette who fell off her chair and whacked her head, but that I hadn’t even told her yet because I’m a dipshit. Then I said you’d call me a twat-waffle, not a dipshit.” Broad fingertips sweep over my cheekbone, brushing away wisps of hair. “There’s nobody else, Jennie. There never has been and never will be.”
“Uh, I dunno. I was going through all of them on the plane ride home today. It was six hours long, and I ran out of time.”
“You’re my best friend, Jennie, but I don’t want to be just friends anymore. I don’t want some of the benefits, I want all of them. I want all of you.”
I pull the necklace from the box, turning the small flower between my fingers until I find the seam and coax it open. You are my sunshine is etched into one side, making me smile, but it’s the other side that brings out my gasp, has my heart leaping to my throat. Because my dad’s face and mine smile up at me.
“I’d do anything for you, Jennie.” “’Cause I’m your sunshine?” He nods. “The brightest.” “And you love me?” “I do. Wild, huh?”
“Dreamt about my name on your lips for so long before you finally said it. Dreamt about the way you’d feel below me, the way you’d taste … but I never could’ve dreamed I’d find my best friend. That in finding you, I’d find more of myself.”
“I can’t wait until I get to love you out in the open.”
“Six foot four, well over two hundred pounds, crushes people into the boards for a living, and the idea of a seven-pound baby girl terrifies the living hell out of him.”
“What if I’m not tired?” I press him against the wall. “What if I wanna take you to Pound Town?” He chuckles, hands sliding up the backs of my thighs, squeezing my ass. “If anyone’s taking anyone to Pound Town, it’s me taking you.” “Maybe you can take me first, and I’ll take you second.”
You could take that job in Toronto and I’d still love you, and I’d keep loving you for the rest of my life. Because I love you, Jennie.”
Bear: You can do this. You deserve this. You’ve earned it. If you want it, all you have to do is reach out and take it. I’m proud of you, Jennie, and no matter what, you’ll always be my best friend, and I’ll always be your safe place to land.
What I want is Jennie, any way I can have her. If I have to jizz on my hotel room carpet to her on FaceTime for eight-to-ten months of the year, I’ll do it.
I’m going to love her wherever she is, and I’m going to make sure she feels it.”
If I have to love Jennie from across the country, that’s exactly what I’m going to do. And if distance isn’t going to stop me, Carter Beckett sure as hell isn’t.
“Jennie deserves the world.” “And I want to give her it.”
“What?” He looks at her. “Oh, human baby? Yeah, this is our first human baby. And our last.” He laughs anxiously. “Just kidding. We’re gonna have three, probably. Maybe five.” Another shrill laugh. “Five human babies.” He runs a shaky palm over his mouth, his skin exceptionally pale. “Hey, you got any buckets around here?” The receptionist’s brows pinch. “Buckets?” Carter points across the room to a trash can, striding toward it. “Oh, that’ll do.” He grips the rim and promptly empties the entire contents of his stomach into the bin.
“It’s a girl,” he sobs, choking on the tears streaming down his face. “I’m fucking terrified!”
“Meet your pseudo-grandpa, sweet Ireland.”
A sound of frustration gurgles in my throat and I toss my head back, ball my fists, and definitely don’t stomp a foot.