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My phone chi to pick it up

What the fk?! Don’t stop! Madoc texted, and I couldn’t contain ood, and Madoc liked it I can do this

I wish you were nad in ht now, I taunted I wish ue all around you

What would you be wearing? he asked

Madoc liked me in my pajamas He’d said so once I’d borrowed a fitted baseball T-shirt and short sleep shorts froerie, but Madoc wouldn’t be able to keep his hands off me either way

You can see it if you want I’ht minutes away

His response cahtin the e for any opportunity to get laid

I shook my head, my face stretched with a set here, I texted

Goddahter and happiness shooting out of every pore

CHAPTER 22

MADOC

I rubbed " the entire way ho if I should coed Fallon along Wondering, hoping, and then giving up

For some reason, Fallon didn’t want to stick around to see if ere going to be so, and I only had so ht and I needed to chase harder

But I needed so--from her to show me it orth it When she first texted, I didn’t respond I sat in ht with some of my teammates and waited

If she didn’t knohat to say, then I’d let her figure it the hell out When she started opening up more, I was in She ht I couldn’t let her go again If she tried pushingto push her until she told me what her deal was Relationship or not, I needed to knohat the fk was going on with her

And then when she started flirting, I was already grabbingup in front of Tate’s house, the street already packed with cars fro on at Jared and Jax’s house next door

Parking across the street, I cli out of Tate’s front door

Jesus

She wore short, little pajaray baseball tee, the thin strap of her little handbag hanging across her chest She had sneakers on with no socks, showing s froerie

In good-girl PJs with her hair hanging in beautiful waves, Fallon was the only thing I could see or think about

My ar down the porch steps and across the street, I had just enough time to reach out and catch her as she jus around roaned as we fell back against asped out in between kisses Her ainst mine and darted out to flick ain My arms rapped around her waist, and she was practically crawling on et closer with each kiss

There was no kindling for this fire A blaze was already painfully strong in rasped and pulled it

But I didn’t care My fingers dug into her back, eating up all of this Herto ainst ive it back Her hands ran into my hair and down the sides ofwith our noses pressed together Her hands went into ed alongto catch mine She then pushed herself up, wrapped her arht kisses around ainstwished ere soht here

"Madoc" Her whisper sounded like she was in pain

"Shhh," I ordered, going in for her lips again

But she pulled away "No, I need to say this" She held my face and looked into lasses

Her beautiful green gaze searched my eyes with a little fear, and her face was flushed pink God, she was beautiful

"Madoc, I love you," she whispered "I’htened around her shirt, and I almost dropped her there

What?

My heart see into s were nearly gone

She stared atscared but definitely awake and alert She knehat she was saying, and I ran the words over and over in my head

Madoc, I love you I’ my eyes "Do you mean that?" I asked

She nodded "I’ve loved you forever There’s so htened around her, and the biggest fking s elseup her lips for another kiss so hard we couldn’t breathe

"Hey, guys?"

I heard a shout come across the street, fro the kiss, I stuck er out behind h "As much as I’d like to watch you two have sex and all, I really don’t want to have to clean up another round of Teens Gone Wild on the Internet!"

Jax

Fallon buried herabout?" she asked

Yeah, long story Jax rocked it with coet off the street