I know Mason wouldn’t rat me out but I also know he might come find us and there aren’t many places we could be. Or he’d make a point to ask where I am sending anyone on a search for me that would lead to questions I am not prepared to answer right this second.

I move toward the door when Jacob grabs my arm stopping me in my tracks. “Not now, JP,” I tell him before he has a chance to speak.

“Come home with me.”

“JP, stop.” I pull out of his grasp and open the door to see Chloe’s worried eyes. She pulls me out of the bathroom and toward my bedroom, my guess so that Jacob and I don’t reappear at the exact same time after being gone for so long.

Chloe shuts the door behind us and I feel like I’m finally able to breathe after being trapped in a bubble with Jacob. “We kissed,” I blurt out. “More than kissed.” I recall his cock rubbing against me and my sex clenches in response. “Not sex but…” I bite my bottom lip before rubbing my fingers over the skin remembering his bruising kiss. The way he bit my lip, ran his tongue along the seam of my lips, the way his hands gripped my hips, his fingers digging into my flesh like he was afraid I’d disappear from his grasp.

“Oh my gosh, this is huge. You and Jacob, oh my God!” she squeals and wraps her arms around me. “I mean, I’m going to have a long talk with him about what I’ll do to him and more importantly his balls if he ever hurts you again but oh em gee!” She claps and I shush her.

“Can you be quiet? I don’t think my parents heard you.” My phone vibrates with a message.

Jacob: Come home with me. We can talk. Or whatever you want. Just… that can’t be it. Don’t tell me that was the end of us because I don’t believe it.

It’s risky and not the smartest idea and the idea of getting out of the house with Jacob right now doesn’t seem plausible. My brother is here now. My car is also here but I shouldn’t be driving and if I was able to get the idea past my parents that Jacob was giving me a lift home, Mason would definitely have an issue with that.

Jacob: Please.

Me: Do you think we can just walk out the front door? What about Mason?

“I can distract him,” Chloe says and when I look up, I see her looking down at my phone. “I’ll make him take a shot with me and you guys can make your swift exit. Aunt Michelle and Uncle Kev won’t think anything of it. I’ll say you weren’t feeling well. Mason isn’t going to say anything when he figures out you’re gone.”

Me: Never mind, I think I have it figured out. Can you just grab my laptop for me please? It’s in the living room.