Arden tugged my panties down, gazing into my eyes as he eased himself inside of me.
“Oh my God,” I cried out, holding onto his back as he kissed me deeply, his hips slowly rolling as he allowed me to accommodate him.
“God won’t help you now,” he whispered as I dug my nails into his back.
He fucked me like a professional, and I thought at one point he was going to put me through the wall.
I couldn’t stop kissing him, and our bodies stuck together with sweat. Before long, we had changed positions, me on top, then him from behind.
I knew we had been doing it a while when eventually, he came. He was gorgeous, his lips on mine as he tried to get his breath back.
He slid out of me before pulling the condom off and tossing it into a bin beside him.
“Can I stay?” I asked hopefully, as he began to laugh, whilst breathless.
“Yeah, of course. But only tonight. I don’t want you making a habit of this or anything,” Arden teased, burying his head in my neck as I played with his hair.
“Yeah, you wish.”
Chapter Eight
But it did become a habit.
I was with Arden every day. I barely had time for anything or anyone else between my tutorials and school, which became a problem for my mother.
“So, you’re expecting me to believe you are staying over at Sarah’s or Kate’s nearly every night? I’m notstupid, Jain. It’s a boy.”
How did I explain to her that I’d tried to avoid boys all of my life, only having slept with one until a few months ago, when I started seeing Arden regularly? I was almost nineteen, I had nearly finished school, for crying out loud—but she still wouldn’t let up.
“I want you home after your tutorials that your English teacher is kindly giving you for free,” Mum said, the authoritative tone in her voice meant she was serious.
“But—”
“Who is he? Is he older than you? I bet all you’re doing is having sex. I pray to God you haven’t been stupid enough—”
“To make the same mistake you did in having me.Yeah, I got the memo the first thousand times Mum.”
I was fed up with her dictating my life. I was trying to do everything I could to smash my education to make her proud of me.
But Arden was just so good to be with—and yes, the sex was too addictive to turn down. He surprised me by meeting me at lunch, walking me to Mr Silvers, and meeting me afterwards. He seemed to be rather serious about me.
I grabbed my bag and headed to school, forgetting to get any breakfast.
Arden wasn’t at school until midday, which wasn’t unusual for him. So this gave me some time with Sarah and Kate.
“So, it’s serious then. This Arden shit,” Kate muttered as she sucked on her orange juice, her heavily made-up eyes glaring at me with the same disappointment I’d seen in my mother’s earlier.
“Why do you have such a problem with him?” I snapped, annoyed that my friends didn’t respect my choices. I bit into my sandwich, checking my phone to see if Arden had texted me.
“Duh, he is a waster. He barely attends school, and he smokes, he—”
“Fucking hell, Kate, judgemental much?” I laughed in disbelief as Kate shrugged.
“Why would you choosethatover someone likeHarley?”
I stared at her, unable to believe what I was hearing.
“Kate, if you like Harley so much, why don’tyouget with him?”
