I pull my fingers free of my mouth and open my eyes to find her heart-shaped face peering up at me. Her cheeks are flush, and she still has that dazed, post-orgasmic look lingering in her hazel eyes.
Suddenly, she snaps out of it, and I peer over my shoulder to see if Vito is still standing there. I’m left with a grin on my face when I find the space he was in empty.
I turn back around to find Aspen has slipped past me and is reaching down to grab her backpack.
I place a hand on her shoulder to stop her, and she gives me a strange look, shrugging off my hand like I didn’t just use it to get her off.
“I’d love to stay and chat, but I really need to go to my next class.”
Her behavior is almost laughable. She wasn’t thinking about that a few minutes ago. I check the time on my phone.
“Your class doesn’t start for another forty minutes.”
“I need to get there early so I can get a seat in the back. If I sit anywhere else… never mind.” She shakes her head, her words cutting off.
I’m not ready to be done with her yet, so I ask, “How about I walk you to your class, and we’ll grab some lunch from the cafeteria on the way? I’ll make sure you get the seat you want in your class.”
Her brows draw together as she inspects my face, as if I’m a crossword puzzle she is trying to solve.
“Why? I know you didn’t just come and find me and do what you just did because you were feeling kind. You wanted Vito to see what we were doing.”
“One, because I want to, and two, of course, I wanted Vito to see what we were doing. I want him to know that the kiss you shared means shit, and that you’re mine.” I’m sounding like a damn caveman. Next thing I know, I’ll be pissing in a circle around her.
I don’t really know why I care to accompany her to lunch, other than I want to make sure she eats, and more importantly, that no one touches her. I want to make certain that every single person in this fucking school knows who she belongs to and that if they fuck with her, they’ll face me.
She chews on her bottom lip, a look of apprehension in her eyes.
“I already got what I wanted, Aspen. Let me take you to lunch and make sure you eat.”
A moment passes, and then she finally answers, “Um, okay. I guess I could eat.”
I shake my head. I’ll never understand her. She let me finger fuck her against a tree, where anyone could’ve come walking in and seen us, but needs to be convinced to let me take her to lunch.