“I guess when you put it that way you weren’t super patient, but you certainly didn’t pressure me.”

He pulled my hands into his as he continued with his explanation. “But I took action. And with Lex, I never did. No dates. No kisses. No intimate texts or phone calls. No stepping in and trying to win her for myself when Drake came on the scene.”

“So you were just friends the whole time?”

“Yes, and because we were just friends, I felt like it was okay to fuck around. A lot,” he stressed.

“Saying a lot might be an understatement if the rumors are all true.”

He looked at me sheepishly before nodding his head. “Maybe that’s true, but here’s the thing that I never realized until after you and I started dating. If I really was in love with Lex, then I would have done something about it. Because there’s no way I’d just let some guy come in and take you away from me. And if I was that into her, I wouldn’t have messed around with other girls the way I did all that time. I wouldn’t have really noticed them because I’d have been too wrapped up in her to see random chicks that way. Like I am with you.”

“With me?”

“Yes, Kaylie. With you,” he repeated.

“So what are you saying exactly?” I asked.

“I’m saying that you knocked me on my ass, opened my eyes, and made me realize how wrong I had been. With you, I threw all the rules out the window and didn’t look back because there was just no damn way I wasn’t going to date you.”

“And how’s that working out for you so far?”

“That depends. Are you pissed at me because of tonight?” he asked.

“No, Jackson. It was a little weird and uncomfortable, but I liked Lex. And I’m relieved to know that you’re not only spending time with me because she isn’t available,” I said, admitting the concern that had been really bugging me, because I would have been crushed to know that I was just a substitute.

“Hell no, Kaylie. It fucking tears me up inside at the idea that you might have been feeling like that all this time. I’m with you because there isn’t anyone else I want to spend time with more than you,” he reassured me.

“That’s a lucky coincidence since I feel the same way about you.”

“Yeah, lucky is a fucking understatement,” he said.

I crawled closer to him and straddled his lap, wrapping my legs around his waist. “I like being lucky.”

“You know what I like? I’m not sure if you noticed that Aubrey called you my girlfriend tonight,” he pointed out. “But I damn well did, and I liked the sound of it.”

“Does that mean I get to call you my boyfriend?”

“Fuck yeah. Say it again,” he growled, the mood in the room shifting.

“Jackson Silver is my boyfriend,” I said huskily before I leaned down to kiss him on the lips.

That’s all it took for him to take over. His kiss was so hungry, like he couldn’t get enough of me. I could feel his cock hard underneath me, and I started rocking back and forth slowly, craving friction. Jackson lifted me a little so that I was sitting up on my knees and he unzipped my jeans. He slipped his hand inside and rested his fingers on the outside of my panties, just holding them there. I could feel the heat pouring from his skin, making me so wet.

I wiggled a little to try to get him to move his hand, but he reached out with the other one to grip my hip and hold me in place. When I stilled, he started to slide my jeans down my legs and nudged me up so he could get them off. Once done, he moved me back onto my knees and slid his hands up the insides of my thighs toward my pussy. He pulled my panties aside and quickly thrust a finger inside me. I moaned as he slowly slid it back out and in over and over again. He added another finger, stretching me more. He fingered me with teasing thrusts, removing them and circling my pussy but never touching my clit before sliding them back inside.

“Look at my girlfriend,” Jackson said. “So fucking wet for me.”

He gently pushed against my chest so that I lay back on the bed, his fingers still inside me.

“Please, Jackson,” I moaned as I tightened my legs to create more friction.

Jackson bent his head and gently kissed my clit. The contrast of his soft tongue and his fingers’ hard thrusts made me shudder. Then he licked my slit slowly and pushed his tongue inside the next time he removed his fingers. I took a deep breath when he started to rotate between fingering me, nipping at my clit, and slowly licking down my slit and inside. I clenched my eyes shut, desperate to climax. I was so close and just needed a little something more. Jackson gave it to me on the next thrust of his fingers when he shoved three inside and sucked my clit in his mouth at the same time, sending me over the edge.