Eden High Series 2 Book 3

by Jordan Silver

  She looked up at me with a smile and that’s all it took. Grabbing fistfuls of her hair, I shot off in her mouth and she took it all. “Damn baby.” I slipped my cock out of her mouth pulled her up and kissed her hard before pushing her to her back and following her down. “Whoa baby what was that?”

  “Just a little thank you.”

  “For what?”

  “Oh just for being you.”

  “I was going to give you a nice slow ride but after that all bets are off.”

  “I don’t want slow.” She grinned and ran her knee over my bobbing cock while pulling my head down to hers.

  Even her kiss was wilder now. I pushed her knee away and got between her thighs. I drove into her going deep with one stroke. She choked and clenched around me. Taking both her hands in mine, I laid them flat against the mattress over her head and lifted my chest away from hers.

  With her body pinned only by my thighs and my cock I fucked into her hard enough to make the bed shake. “Show me your ring.” She lifted her hand and I saw the light reflected from the moonlight on the big ass diamond I’d put on her finger. Somehow seeing it there always makes me hard as fuck, and now was no different.

  I lifted one of her legs over my hip and took her nipple between my teeth with the coldness of that ring pressing into my back, a constant reminder of who and what she was to me. Who knew an engagement ring could be so sexy?

  I changed up between hard deep pounding and soft easy strokes. She started cumming from the combination and the sweet clenching of her soft pink flesh around my cock had my balls drawing up hard and tight. “I’m cumming inside you baby.”

  “It’s okay I’m safe.” Her words were soft and breathy in my ear as I used the last of my strength to pound one out in her. “Fuck baby, you’re trying to kill me.” I eased out of her and dropped like a stone next to her, pulling her onto my sweaty chest. We were both breathing heavy, fighting for our next breath, but that didn’t stop me from tipping her chin and stealing what little we had left with a kiss.

  “That was amazing Jace.”

  “No baby, you were amazing. Shit, I don’t meant to be greedy but do you think you can do that every night for the next sixty years?”

  “You liked it?”

  “What’s not to like? What the hell got into you anyway? Seriously.”

  “Like I told you, you’ve been so good to me I just wanted to say thank you.”

  “Love the sentiment baby, but you don’t ever have to thank me. Especially not for doing what’s mine to do.” We laid in silence for a long time until the din of the voices next door drifted through the walls. It was time to go. I looked down at her in the moonlight and my heart did its dance.

  “I love you squirt.” Sometimes the emotion just hits me out of nowhere, like now. Just a rush of heat and all the other crazy emotions, that went straight to the heart. And when she gave me back the words with those same things shining in her eyes, nothing else mattered.

  ***

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  The buzzing in my head wouldn’t stop as the blood thumped in my ears. I did the stupid breathing exercises the doctor had said to do when this happened, but it wasn’t working. I needed some action, and I knew just what to do.

  Dragging the goodie bag from under my bed I looked through everything one more time. Last time I had been too hasty. That stupid bitch could never get anything right. I don’t know why I’d listened to her in the first place. Now there were cops crawling all over the place and I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time before they look my way.

  If only she’d died, then there wouldn’t be anyone alive who knew of my involvement. Sian couldn’t remember shit so I wasn’t worried on that front, but I still had a score to settle. That bitch thought she could use me and then toss me aside like I was nothing. I knew when she called that she was only using me, but there was something in it for me so I really didn’t give a damn. Now she was acting like she didn’t want anything to do with me, but she didn’t know who she was dealing with. Tomorrow I’ll show them all.

  The thought was enough to calm me down some and I laid back across the bed. Anger burned bright in my chest as I tapped my fingers against it, but I knew now that it would get me nowhere. Like the therapist said, it was best to let the anger simmer; hold it just beneath the surface, before making a move. Only that dumb bitch and I differed on what those moves should be. After tomorrow they’ll be sorry they ever fucked with me in this town.

  Chapter 6

  SIAN

  ***

  “You have everything ready for tonight sweetie?” I kissed mom good morning as she poured the last glass of juice to set on the table. I nabbed a slice of turkey bacon and grinned before answering her.

  “Sure do, it’s going to be great.” I was feeling better. My wounds were looking much better when I dressed them this morning, in fact it was amazing how far they’d come in such a short time. Next stop plastic surgery to remove the scars. And last night had been amazing. I was still feeling giddy.

  “What do you girls have planned?” I filled her in, leaving out the more salient parts of course. Mom tells dad everything, and since my attack he’s worse than Jace. Some things are better left unsaid.

  We shared a few laughs as she bustled around the kitchen putting the finishing touches on breakfast and talking about the coming night. The conversation was light and playful the way they had always been before I was attacked and I wondered if Jace had got after my parents too. I’d noticed the last couple of days that no one even mentioned it anymore, for which I was eternally grateful. But I didn’t know until last night that it was his browbeating people that had brought that about.

  I overheard him forbidding his mom to even ask me how I was feeling on one of my many trips to the bathroom. In pure Jace fashion he was laying down the law with his bad self. Too cute. It was starting to become annoying when that was all anyone wanted to talk about, when I couldn’t even remember what had happened, and would just as soon put the whole thing behind me.

  Though no one had been caught yet, Jace kept me so well insulated that I no longer had any fear of something happening again. Between him, his dad and mine, I had no doubt they’d get to the bottom of it. My only worry these days was the cops and their obsession with Jace. Actually that’s not entirely true. I had one other pressing issue on my mind, but I was making strides to deal with that.

  In fact tonight the girls and I had plans to take care of my little issue. Unbeknownst to Jace, Jared and Shane, the girls and I had been sneakily plotting ways to deal with Mandy and her shit. I’d decided that since I didn’t want Jace anywhere near that skank it was up to me to put an end to her crap.

  Of course I wasn’t saying anything to him about what was on my mind, he’d have a fit and spaz out like he always does. So I was going to handle this one on my own. I had to lot to talk to Ms. Mandy about. Her clan has been quiet since she went to the hospital, but I knew it was only a matter of time before they started up again once she got out. Not to mention the fact that I’m beginning to see some truth to Jace’s assumption that she had something to do with my attack.

  That pisses me off, but unlike Jace, I’m willing to let the cops do their job or whomever else our families had on it. It’s her constant going after Jace that has me out for her blood more than anything else. I know unless something’s done she won’t ever stop, because I’m pretty sure that twit is a sociopath. How Jace ever got caught in her web is a mystery, since he tends to be so smart otherwise.

  I could see why she’s obsessed with him though, why she’s lost her damn mind; he’s freaking perfect. If he did half the things with and for her that he’s done for me, which I’m pretty sure he hasn’t then I wouldn’t want to lose him either. But it’s time I let her know that that ship has sailed. If Jace went near her again there’s no telling what she’d come up with this time. Funny, we’re each trying to protect the other from her venom.

  Think of the devil. Just
as I was about to sit down while the rest of my family tromped their way down the stairs, Jace came through the door. “Morning.” He’s so cute. He walked over to mom and kissed her cheek before taking a seat at the table. “What’re you doing here so early? I grinned at him.”

  “Your dad called.” He shrugged but said no more as he reached for a piece of my stolen bacon. His words only gave me a moment’s pause, but I let it go. Dad and Jace had grown really close in the past few weeks, which made my life easier. In fact the two families have been getting along just fine and I knew that part of the reason for that was Jace’s respect for my parents, plus the way he takes care of me. My dad is big on that kind of stuff.

  Still it shocks me just a little bit that he had gone for the whole engagement thing and even letting me sleep over at Jace’s. I asked mom once about that and she explained that she, and dad believes in looking at things the way they are, and not the way everyone else thinks they should be. As a teenage dad himself and someone who’d gotten married at a young age, he was better equipped than most to deal with his young daughter falling in love I guess.

  She says they’d rather know where I was and who with, than to have me sneaking around behind their backs where I could get hurt. Dad was pacified by the fact that Jace had offered marriage. It helps that he really likes Jace and his folks too.

  Whatever it was I appreciated it, and was trying hard not to do anything to lose that trust. Jace has been very good at that too, though he’s still scheming ways to get me to move in with him. That, I’m sure was not something dad would go for no matter how understanding he is.

  “How’d you sleep baby?” He brushed my lips with his and took my hand as the others found their seats. Maggie, who I was sure had a mini crush on Jace was all blushing smiles and of course Jace almost gave the poor girl a heart attack by showering her with attention. He was so good with her, so genuine. The guy was everything I didn’t expect to find when we moved here.

  I’d had some expectations, I’d expected spoilt Hollywood brats whose only interest was their looks and the next club outing. There was plenty of that, but in Jace I’d found something I never expected here or anywhere. He looked over at me in the middle of his conversation with Maggie and I melted. His wink before returning his attention to my sister warmed me all over.

  I soon got distracted by my annoying brother and his teasing and shifted my focus. The table was a noisy mess as it usually is, and was more so with Jace here adding his brand of crazy to the lighthearted conversation. That all changed when coming on to the end of the meal, dad gave my brother and Jace a look and the three of them got up from the table.

  My suspicions only grew when both dad and Jace told me to stay put when I got up to follow. I looked at mom but she only shrugged and went back to clearing the table. “Mom what are they up to?” I knew she would have an idea since dad told her everything.

  “Heck if I know. Why don’t you help your sister with her hair?” I looked at Maggie who was looking at mom like she was nuts. “What’s wrong with my hair?” My little sister was going through her rebellious middle school phase. She chose her own clothes, did her hair herself and was generally a pain in the ass to me, and Jared.

  “Nothing dear, if you were going for the bird’s nest look.” Mom said tongue in cheek. It really was a mess, but I remembered those days and tried to deflect. “It’s not that bad Maggie, we can just tidy it up a little.” I moved to take her into the downstairs bathroom to give it some order while she pouted.

  As grown as she likes to pretend she is, I know she loves it when I pay attention to her and I felt a slight pang at the fact that I’d been caught up in my own world so much lately that I hadn’t been the best big sister in the world. “Hey do you want to hang out with us this weekend?” I could sidetrack her for the first night, but after, there was no reason she couldn’t be part of the fun.

  “Really?” She whipped her head around so fast she almost gave herself whiplash. And the look in her eyes, like she’d been given the Barbie doll she’d been dying for, (she’s still a Barbie freak), made me happy that I’d thought to ask.

  “Of course, we’ll have lots of fun. Unless you already made plans with your friends.” She’s usually out at a friend’s for a sleepover of her own Miss. Social butterfly. She turned back to the mirror as I played with her hair. “No, I was going to go over to Shelly’s but her little brother has the flu so her mom cancelled.”

  She then went on to tell me about her new friends and the things they’d been getting up to. There was mention of a boy named Chad more than once so I thought that might be the boyfriend and reminded myself to tease her about him later. Right now I could hear dad calling for her.

  ***

  I tried grilling Jace on the way to school about what had transpired between him and my dad, but he was being his usual tightlipped self. “It’s nothing.” He led my hand, which he had clasped in his to his lips. I squinted at him with a ‘yeah right’ look.

  “Jace…”

  “Babe, I said it was nothing, just guy talk.” I left it alone for now, but knew better than to believe him. By the time we pulled into the parking lot I’d all but forgotten it when I saw Belle and Tammy waiting.

  “Hey you, where you going?” He grabbed my hand and held me back as I swung the door open ready to jump out. I had a lot to discuss with my girls for the coming night.

  He pointed to his lips and I grinned as I turned my head to smooch him. I didn’t think much of the fact that he actually let me go. Jace has been on my ass like a tick since my attack and once on school grounds the only time we weren’t together was when we were in our individual classes.

  I turned to wave at him as he got out and leaned against the car to watch me run to meet the girls. Valerie got there just as I did so only Cassie was missing. We did our usual greeting and catching up on the night’s events like we hadn’t seen each other the day before, before I checked over my shoulder to make sure Mr. Nosy was still out of earshot.

  “So, are we still on for tonight?” We’d come up with a plan of attack so to speak. Since I was sure Jace would loosen the strings because all I was doing was hanging out at home with my friends, it was the perfect time to pay Mandy a visit in the hospital.

  “How do you plan on getting around Jace? The last time we had a sleepover he showed up, remember?” Belle thought that was funny and Tammy soon joined in the laughter. The sound was like a ray of sunshine in a cloudy sky. It was the little moments like these that I had learned to cherish most. When we could laugh and joke like carefree teenagers who didn’t have a viper in our midst trying to destroy us.

  Sure Mandy’s venom seemed mostly directed at me, but I couldn’t forget that she’d made the others’ lives miserable as hell before my family and I moved here.

  “I’m glad I met you guys.” They stopped mid laugh and smiled at me before we all fell into a sappy group hug. “Hey what about me?” Valerie joked and we let her in with a laugh.

  “Don’t worry about Jace. I know just how to deal with him.” I hope. None of them looked too sure but we changed the subject as the guys walked over to join us and walk us into the building.

  Chapter 7

  MANDY

  ***

  Ooh, home at last. I looked around my newly redecorated room with glee. The parents had gone all out, probably out of guilt over me almost getting murdered under their watch. I ran my fingers over the new patterned paint on the wall in my favorite colors, and smirked at my new bed. Fit for a princess of course.

  The place seemed bigger somehow and I realized they’d knocked out a wall and made the sitting room larger. Sweet. I knew if I played this right I’d get something out of it. I’d called mom with some sob story about missing home and being well enough to leave that hellhole of a hospital last night.

  That’s all it took to have her flexing her maternal muscles and insisting that I be released into her care. I still had to go back for checkups and whatnot, but for now I was
free. I kicked off my three-inch heels that were killing my calves and stripped as I walked around the room.

  I plopped down on the new mattress once I was sure mom wasn’t going to come back with her Florence Nightingale routine. That shit like all the rest of her maternal bullshit was growing old fast.

  She talked my ear off all the way home about all the fun things we were going to do together. I guess she’d fallen hard for my innocent little girl act and thought we could have some kind of bonding session or some shit. She seemed to think my getting hurt was an excuse for her to remember she was supposed to be a mom. Hah, later for that. I didn’t need a mother, I’m on to better things.

  I went through my phone for any messages and sighed in relief at the freedom of being out of the hospital and back in the privacy of my own room. I had some calls to make that were better done without fear of being overheard.

  I had the usual messages and the ‘oh so glad you’re okay’ bullshit, but I wasn’t much interested in those. I was looking for word from Carter since he was my last conquest. While in the hospital I hadn’t given much thought to our last night together, not beyond the fact that I almost died anyway.

  But now that I was home and back on my game, I could take care of shit. Did he say he was breaking up with me? He wishes! No one breaks up with me. Except… I let that thought fade away since I had all intentions of rectifying that shit right quick.

  First order of business, getting the girls over here to find out what I’d missed. It hadn’t slipped my mind that they’d barely come to visit me in the hospital and where the fuck were they now? I’ll be sure to let them know what I think of this total disrespect. This is what happens when you don’t stay on top of things. It was almost like they didn’t like me, or some shit. Which I’m sure could not be the case. I’m the one who made them popular, if not for me no one would even give them the time of day.