A smirk rips across his lips as he pulls me in and brings his lips down into my neck. “I didn’t know you were into roleplay, but I’m sure Jesse has some handcuffs somewhere.”
“Ugh,” I groan as I push him back. “You’re such an idiot.”
“You love it,” he laughs before a serious look crosses his face. “Just, please. Ok? Don’t go anywhere.”
I watch him for a moment and the look in his eyes has me melting. “Fine,” I groan.
A beautiful smile takes over his lips and I can’t resist pushing up onto my tippy toes to kiss it. As he pulls away, he looks over the top of my head at Maxen. “Can you find the girls?”
Max nods and a moment later, he takes off.
“Come on,” Jesse says as he takes my hand and drags me towards the drinks table. “It’s time to get fucked up.”
“I don’t want to get fucked up,” I laugh.
“Tough shit,” he says. “You’re going to want a drink in your hand to celebrate what I’ve got planned for tonight.”
My eyes narrow on his. “What are you going to do?”
“Tsk, tsk,” he says, holding up a finger. “I’m not about to ruin the surprise.”
I roll my eyes and go with it. I pour myself an orange juice with vodka and lemonade and put a tiny little straw inside my cup before making my way back over to Nate.
Some girl is busily trying to throw herself at him while he studiously ignores her and watches me. I laugh at the sight and practically bowl her out of the way as I come up next to him. The girl huffs and walks away before finding one of the guys on the football team to rub herself against.
Nate puts his arm around me and gets lost in a conversation with Parker when Brooke, Courtney, and Bec show up. They squeal as they see me and I dash forward. Brooke instantly throws her arms around me and pulls me in tight. “Are you ok?” she questions as she sways me from side to side.
“I’m fine,” I tell her.
“Everyone’s talking about it,” she warns me. “There are so many different versions of the story going around and a few of them aren’t very nice.”
“I bet,” I say. “The truth will come out sooner or later. Everyone will see what kind of guy Josh really is, and if they don’t, I’m sure Nate and Jess will beat the crap out of them until they do.”
“Oh, geez,” she laughs. “What I wouldn’t do to have my own Nate and Jess.” I roll my eyes but the two of us can’t help but look back at the boys to find both their eyes on us. “It must be intense being their special little girl,” she murmurs.
“Don’t get me wrong,” I grin. “It certainly has its advantages.”
“You’re such a whore,” she laughs.
I can’t help but laugh as well as we fall down into some chairs and get lost in our conversation. As the party goes on, Jesse keeps me well hydrated with Vodka and soon enough, all the boys spot someone across the room.
Jesse rubs his hands together with a grin and looks to me. “It’s show time.”
“Huh?” I grunt as Nate pulls me to my feet. “What are you talking about?”
Jesse indicates across the room with a nod of his head and I turn to search out whatever he’s looking for. Elle stands around a bunch of cheerleaders and my brows pull down in confusion. “What do you want with Elle? She backed off.”
“She may have backed off,” Nate says. “But it was her who put the idea in Josh’s head. She’s just as guilty as he is and needs to be punished.”
“But…. What are you going to do?” I question as we start making our way over there.
Jesse grins back at me and the excitement he’s been holding on to all night is right at the forefront and he looks as though he could explode. “I’ve got a secret to spill.”
“Oh, shit,” Brooke laughs as the curiosity hits me like a freight train. “Is this the secret?”
“Sure is,” he laughs.
I find myself hurrying up, desperate to not miss a single word. I feel kind of bad for Elle. She doesn’t know what‘s coming her way. After all, she backed off, but the boys are right, she gave Josh the idea and it’s because of that I was assaulted. She needs to pay for what she’s done. And I mean, what kind of harm could one secret really do?
As we get closer and the group of cheerleaders become our obvious target, people start crowding around. Elle’s back is turned on us and her best friend, Phoenix, points us out. She turns around and grins with delight as she watches us approach, but that grin quickly disappears when she sees the twisted excitement on Jesse’s face.