Free Web NovelChapter 108: Chapter 108 Jasmine.
“I’m not sure this is a good idea.” I worry my bottom lip between my teeth as Taylor stands at the end of my bed holding a kitten.
This is not how I thought today was going to go. I was fully prepared to go home and tell my sister all the details, or at least some of them, but Taylor tossed that out the window. First he told me I was going home with him, but I protested, saying all my stuff was at my apartment. Then he agreed to give me a lift home, where I thought he would drop me off. Instead he walked me to my door, and that should have been a sign. The second I unlocked the door, he let himself right in.
“Why?” Taylor turns the kitten over in his arms and cradles it like a baby. My ovaries explode, and I realize seeing this is not helping.
“We only started doing whatever this is between us five minutes ago. I shouldn’t be going to your house to spend the night. I don’t even know where you live!”
“You’re upsetting the kitten.” He scratches the top of his sleepy head.
“Don’t use the kittens against me,” I huff as I fold my arms over my chest. I want to tell him to put the kitten down because I can’t argue with him while he looks so hot and adorable. “Wait, how did you know where I live?” It dawns on me that when we’d gotten into his town car, he told the driver to head to my place, and the man knew where to go. freewёbnoνel.com
“I told you, I know lots of things when it comes to you, Doe.” He smirks.
“You’re lucky you’re holding that kitten right now.”
“No, you’re lucky I’m holding this kitten right now.” We stare at each other, and finally he nods toward my closet. “Pack.”
“You’re a bully.” I stomp over to grab my bag, and I hear him chuckle. I know I’m acting like a brat, but I can’t help myself because he brings it out of me. I’m not sure if I’m truly annoyed or I enjoy pushing his buttons. I’m sure it’s the latter.
I might also be worried about what might happen when Taylor and I are all alone. In his office, there is only so much we can do, but at my apartment he knows my sister could be here any moment.
If I go with him, I don’t think I’m going to be a virgin come sunrise.
“Are the kittens Briar’s?” Of course he’s dodging the questions I asked.
“They’re ours.”
“So if you didn’t live together, who would get them?”
“What do you mean?” I look up at him as I drop my overnight bag onto the bed.
“You and Briar won’t live together forever.” His words smack me on the side of my head, and I wonder why the thought never occurred to me.
“If you want to keep your balls, I wouldn’t say that to Briar if I was you.” I grab an outfit for work tomorrow and toss it in the bag.
“Do you want her to live with us?” He doesn’t sound opposed to it, but I can’t imagine him loving the idea.
“What the hell, Taylor? We’ve been doing this for five seconds,” I remind him again. The man has my head spinning.
“Five seconds, Doe? Are you fucking kidding me?” He goes to put the kitten down on my bed, but I stop him.
“Hold the kitten.” I back up a step because I know what his expression means. I’ve seen it before today, but normally he’d get aggravated and walk away. This time Taylor isn’t walking anywhere unless it’s toward me. It’s scary and thrilling at the same time.
“You really think a kitten is going to protect you from me?”
“Nothing has ever protected you from me. Trust me, I tried.”
“You’re wrong.” He gently places the kitten down on the bed and takes a step closer. “I’ve protected you from me.” When he’s close enough, his hand grips my chin so I can’t look away. “But that’s over, and I’m done. Time’s up.”
“I don’t understand you.” Has there been some clock I’m unaware of?
“All you need to understand is that you’re mine, and I love you.” I let out a small gasp, and he covers it with his mouth.
Did he really say he loves me? Like really loves me? I might want to punch Taylor and Mace on most days, but I love them. But the way I feel about Taylor is a deeper different love, and it always has been. For as long as I can remember, he’s been the one.
“Whoa!” I jerk back and almost fall onto my bed, but Taylor’s arm holds me tight. “What the hell, Jasmine? We hate them,” Briar points out as her eyes widen with surprise in the doorway of my bedroom. That makes two of us.
“Totally,” I agree.
“Hey, Briar, so Jasmine is coming home with me tonight so she can hate me from my place.” Taylor grabs my stuff and gives my hip a squeeze.
“Jasmine can’t stay with you.” Briar tries to grab the bag from him. “I feed her breakfast and pack her lunch.”
“I’ll feed her,” Taylor says as he pulls the bag away from Briar.
“I do her hair too,” she protests and pulls the bag to her once more.
“I’ll watch a YouTube video or have a hairdresser come every morning if I have to.” He growls the last part as he jerks the bag out of her grip.
“I’m not twelve. I can feed myself and do my hair,” I say, and Briar purses her lips in disagreement.
“Thank fuck for that,” Taylor mutters under his breath.
“Jasmine?” Briar’s eyes lock with mine. freewebnovel.cσ๓
“I’m gonna go with him,” I say, and for once I can’t read my twin’s mind. Am I being a traitor?
“Okay.” I watch as she walks over to my closet and grabs a pair of shoes. “These match that outfit.” Briar holds them out, and then Taylor lets her drop them in the bag.
“Thank you.” Taylor truly sounds grateful.
“Thin ice. Real thin.” She glares at him. “You got me?”
“I’ve got her,” Taylor says, and it feels like he’s staking his claim.
“You better. You messed up once.”
“I did what I thought I needed to,” he counters. Wait, what does that mean?
“You’re supposed to be the smart twin. Act like it.” Briar jabs at Mace as if he’s here to hear it before she scoops the kitten off the bed.
“I’ll tell Mace you said that.” Taylor’s lips twitch in a half smile.
“See, smart one.” Briar leans over and gives me a kiss on the cheek. “I’ll be fine. I’ve got three kittens to snuggle with and maybe a lizard.”
“A lizard?!” Briar can do any animal or insect, but I can’t. I’ll scream when I see a spider while she’ll catch and release it.
“This is good timing then. Bugs needs a place to crash.”
“You named the lizard Bugs?” Taylor chuckles.
“What do you mean ‘crash’? It’s in a cage, right?” I thought lizards were small, and now I’m not sure if that’s good or bad. You can lose it if it’s small, but if it’s giant it might, well, I don’t know what a giant lizard can do, but I don’t want to find out. “How big is it?”
“You need your toiletry bag.” Briar ignores my question and goes into my bathroom to pack one for me.
“She has a lizard,” I whisper. “What will she bring home next?”
“Don’t worry, Doe, the only pet at my home is you.”
“Funny.” I roll my eyes and pretend to be annoyed, but my body has a different response altogether.
The way Taylor winks at me, he must know it, but apparently he knows way more than I ever thought possible.
