Page 44 of Only Ever Yours
He's sexy as hell.
Oh my god, the things I can imagine this man doing to me with that hat sitting backwards on his head. A sly grin is surely plastered on my face with all the naughty thoughts going through my mind.
He’s just standing there silently, staring at me with a look in his eye. He steps closer and closer until he’s right in front of me. Then he quickly bends down, putting his shoulder against my chest. A breath escapes me, and I’m up in the air and over his shoulder before I know it.
“Jaydon, put me down!” I scream at him, but it’s no use. I’m hanging over his shoulder already on the way to histruck. “Haleigh, it’s not fucking funny!” I yell back when I hear her laughter. “Put me down, Jay!”
“Calm the fuck down, Ellie.” I can hear the mockery in his voice as I squirm, smacking his back, but he just tightens his grip and continues on.
As soon as we get to the other side of his truck where nobody else can see, I feel the sharp sting of his large hand connecting with my ass.
“What the fuck, Jay!” I can feel his shoulders bounce with laughter as he opens the passenger side door to put me in.
“Keep your head ducked down… I’m putting you in.” Then I slide off his strong shoulder onto the seat of his truck. I mouth, “asshole,”but he just chuckles and winks at me once more before shutting the door.
I’m so confused by the way he treats me. One minute, he acts like he can’t stand me, and the next, he acts like he might actually care about me.
Up until now, the ride has been quiet.
He glances over in my direction with one hand on the steering wheel. “Why ya so quiet, Peachy?”
We’re still riding down the back road that takes me away from my childhood home.
“Ugh, I’m just thinking… that’s all…” I stare out into an open field, the trees lining the fields flying by as we drive past. The humming of his truck tires somehow seems soothing to me.
“What about?” he pries further.
My eyes cut to him. “Why do you care what I’m thinking about?”
“Because maybe I care more than I let on sometimes…” he shrugs.
Maybe he does, but it still doesn’t change the fact that he was fucking around with my sister.
“I don’t really want to talk about it.” I turn back to the window.
“Come on, Peachy… what’s going on in that pretty little head of yours?”
I sigh, knowing he’s not going to stop until I give him something. I quickly glance his way. “I don’t know, Jay… Just about, I don’t know where my life is taking me. I have no idea what I’m going to do. Or how I’m going to find a place of my own. My life is kinda fucked up right now.” A sad laugh escapes me as I think about how messed up everything is right now, it feels like a bad dream, and I just can’t fucking wake up. “I don’t know… I just don’t really want to talk about it anymore, though. Can’t we just talk about something else?”
He grunts. I glance over at him driving, as he’s staring out at the road ahead. I take in the gorgeous view beside me. My eyes always lock on those arms of his. He has one arm casually hanging out of the window and the other on the wheel. I find myself biting my bottom lip. The ink that decorates his arms pulls me in, and I want so badly to reach over and run my hand along the popped veins and muscles.
My best friend’s brother, who has been the biggest asshole to me for years, is now offering me a place to live. I can’t wrap my head around this situation.
“Alright, tell me what you want to talk about then. We still have a little bit before we get home.”
Home.That one word sends emotions swirling through me, but I quickly shake them off.
I huff deeply. “I don’t really care, Jay. Whatever.” My tone sounding more irritated than I truly am.
“Alright, truth or dare?”
A giggle burst out of me; my eyes cut over hard to him. “What are we fucking ten?”
“Oh, come on, Ellie, amuse me,” he grumbles.
“Okay, whatever… go ahead, truth.”
I know the wheels are turning in his head when he glances over my way, that sexy fucking smirk plastered on his face, his eyes tighten and glance down to my lap, “Why did you wear those tight-as-fuck leggings today? I couldn’t even focus anytime you bent over…”
