I’m not comfortable with hiding something like this from Devin, but I don’t see any other option right now. Trust doesn’t come easy for him and helping his baby sister leave the state would pretty much be the ultimate betrayal. Add to it that I’m thinking of taking a job that would require me to travel across the state for the next five years and I’m pretty sure he’d never forgive me. I just need to buy a little more time.

“Well, guess we better make sure he doesn’t find out, then.”

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Six

Devin

Jessie sends me a text to let me know she’s back. She’s been distant and cryptic for the past week, telling me she was going to be out of town for a few days but never saying where or why. I could ask, but I’m pissed I have to. My girlfriend still doesn’t seem to want to tell me what’s going on in her life. After finding out what a piece of shit my father is, the kind of things I’m capable of, I’m not surprised she’s been distant. Who’d want to be with someone who’s got a devil scratching to get out of them?

Pissed or not, I finish up at work and head straight to her place. I need her help, her advice on how to fix this shit with Becs. But I also need to see her sweet smile. Hold her soft curves against me. I need to know she’s still here. Still mine.

She opens her front door with a surprised, happy look on her face. Those green eyes sparkle even brighter than I remember. She squeals with joy, wrapping her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist. I chuckle, burying my face in her neck and breathing in her sweet vanilla smell. I let out a heavy sigh, my body relaxing for the first time in days.

“Hi,” she whispers in my ear.

“Hey,” I mumble back.

She hops down, grabs my hand and drags me up to her room. The door closes and I’m on her, pressing our bodies together and stealing kisses. A warm hum rumbles in her chest.

I drop my forehead to hers. “I missed you.”

She giggles, tips up on her toes and plants a chaste kiss on my lips. “I can tell.” She turns and struts over to the bed, leveling me with the naughty look in her eye.

“Come here, Big Man.”