ar, and I swiftly pulled myself away from him with a smile on my face beca
Cole is one hell
downstairs because I needed my hot ch
kitchen I halted in my steps w
I greeted as I w
anded me a cup of hot ch
I asked with a s
then Cole walke
my heart thumped so loudly in my chest, and then he lo
precision, and in the next breath his han
re warm and firm and I could barely catch my own breath, and when his
nd we pulled apart fro
eat so fast. "You left the room without giving me my good morning kiss," he said with hi
an who had rattled my
ld out a camera. "Oh, you look so lovely together!"
bargain, because he pushed the hot chocolate Jake made aside and said,
around the kitchen and prepared me another hot cho
ldn't find the words because I kept wonderin
cup from him and brought it close t
g smile on her face and whispered, "He never acted l
p, wondering how this whole fake relationship was s
ound, and the one time I caught sight of him he was on an endless bus
the lake house, and I didn't even realize how f
t with two pairs of socks, and I still felt cold
ar the edge of the dock, and my face lit up quic
my teeth chattering as I lo
in, wearing only a training jacket and looking like the
ng the rope w
morning that Chloe girl is good for Cole," and he sa
my face broke into
when I had nobody, and Cole hates it when I call myself the
ke saw Cole as a big brother, despite the fact that Cole alwa
and toward the boat. "Five minutes be
gi
rt did
't want Jake getting into trouble with Cole because of me, but then I sh
hook beneath my feet, and Jake held
id over the cold, dark water while the wind bit m
asked while rowing, and I knew he
sk, he just tak
at me like he was trying to see something, a
hen I saw a second boat cutting through the cold w
just his black sweater with his jaw set tight and his
problem?"
d, and my heart nearly left my chest as ou
hand grabbed my arm so I wouldn'
ce change with raw, pure jealousy as
e!" His voice was low but loud
," Jake said, lifting
and pulled me toward his b
socks slipped against the cold floor of the boat, a
aight into the
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