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“I’m her best friend.Yes, she has. Anyway, I’m a woman. I’malwaysright.”

I can’t argue with that.

CHAPTER 26

CALEB

Iwoke up when Jade stirred, rubbing my eyes sleepily. Despite her begging for me to sleep next to her, I had moved away when she fell asleep. I wasn’t about to chew JT out for taking advantage of her when she was hammered, then do it myself. She sat up, her hair unbelievably straight despite having slept on it all night, her dark-ringed eyes slowly blinking as she looked at me in surprise.

“Why are you on the sofa bed?”

Her voice killed me. It was that croaky morning voice, the sort that required effort to use.

“Because I’m not a jerk.”

Jade glanced down at herself and groaned, almost in embarrassment. She pulled the duvet up to her chin as her eyes met mine, taking in my bare stomach as I held my hands behind my head.

“I swear, I’m never drinking again,” she mumbled, falling back onto the bed with a groan.

A smile played at my lips as I imagined the hangover from hell she must have.

“Caleb. I need to ask you something, and I want you to be honest with me.”

Oh, fucking hell.

I frowned as I did a mental calculation of all the possibilities, yet I came back to the same one each time. “Shoot.”

“Why don’t you want me anymore?” Her voice was small, humiliation clear.

A laugh escaped my lips as I sat up, staring at her in disbelief.

“Are you for real? Why are you laughing? You’re such a dick, honest to God,” Jade snapped.

I threw the covers back, walking over to my bed, where she lay. I sat next to her, one arm on either side of her as I gazed at her.

“Idowant you,” I murmured.

She frowned in response. “You said ‘no’ the other day. Then last night you wouldn’t kiss me—what gives?”

I studied her, my heart beating like a drum as I tried not to fuck this up. She was still so fragile, and I needed to be careful. But I also didn’t want to miss another opportunity.

“I want you, Jade,” I declared. I noticed her shiver slightly when I said her name. “I want you in every way a man wants a woman, but I won’t fuck you when you are drunkoron the rebound.”

She sucked a breath in as she sat up on her elbow, her face close to mine.

“What about when I’m hungover?” she whispered, brushing her lips against mine as she touched the back of my neck with her fingers.

“You’re making it hard to behave like a fucking gentleman, Jade,” I murmured as she searched my eyes.

“What if, right now, all I want is you?”

She didn’t have to ask twice.

She may have been still drunk, but I wasn’t fucking stupid.

My mouth crashed down on hers as she moaned against me, and I slid between her legs. My fingers traced up her thigh, our kiss deepening as I tried to take it easy, not wanting to be over in seconds.

“God, Caleb, just fuck me already. I need you inside of me.”