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Sobbing, I fall into his arms. “But I’m cursed.”
Daxon comes up behind me and rubs my back. “How are you cursed?”
“I’m meant to be alone in this world. If I become happy, or feel like something is going to be okay, something bad will absolutely happen.”
“I don’t think that’s true, sweetheart. We won’t let anything bad happen to you. Look at me.” I turn to face Daxon. “I know things have been shitty since you got here, but let us make that up to you. Phoenix, you have had me all kinds of fucked up since you strolled into here. Let us treat you the way we should have treated you from day one.” He wipes the tears from my eyes. “Look, you don’t have to walk in there with us, if that’ll make it better. But we would love for you to be our date to the dance.”
“Yeah, baby. Just show up with your roommate. But save all of your dances for us.” Colton stands next to Mason.
“And if I get shit from the Malibu Bitches?”
“We’ll handle them,” Daxon says firmly.
Looking between all of them, I manage to whisper, “Okay.”
Daxon grins from ear to ear, then leans forward and kisses me. “I promise I’m not going anywhere.We’renot going anywhere.”
Famous last words, Daxon. Famous last words.
thirty-one
DAXON
We eventually gotPhoenix to relax and calm down. Then we enjoyed some pizza and watched a movie. She fell asleep during the movie, so Mason took her up to my room, where him and I are now lying next to her.
Colt had some stuff to do for his dad, so he took off not too long ago and will probably be gone all night. He was not happy in the slightest that he had to go. But as usual, when our dads call, we go.
Phoenix is facing Mase, laying on his chest with her legs wrapped around him. I have my arm wrapped around her waist, her ass rubbing against my already painfully hard dick.
I get why she freaked out earlier. She’s afraid to let anyone get close to her. She doesn’t want to have to deal with the fallout of losing someone else. I understand why she has her walls up.
I also want to kill Mason for holding on to that fucking locket for as long as he did. That almost ruined everything. He would have fucked this up, royally.
We can’t let anything go off plan.
And fuck. She’s right about Bianca and the others. They’ll flip their shit when we don’t ask them to homecoming. It probably is best that she doesn’t show up with us. We can go in solo and just take our turns dancing with her. It will still draw attention, but it’ll be much less than our previous plan.
Still keep everything on track.
Phoenix shifts her ass, and I do all I can to contain my groan. My cock’s screaming at me right now to just spread her legs and sink into her wet and tight pussy.
I nuzzle her neck and softly leave kisses along the way across her skin. She smells like honey and lilacs. Her skin is so soft, and she has these adorable little freckles everywhere on her body that I want to memorize. Kiss them. Sink my teeth into her skin and leave my mark on her.
She lets out a little whimper and stirs. Her hand grips mine. I continue kissing her exposed skin as her hand guides mine down the soft skin of her stomach and under her shorts, where I find she’s not wearing any underwear.
Internally, I groan while my fingers immediately find her warm wet slit. And holy fuck, she’s drenched. As I twirl my fingers around her clit, she lets out a raspy moan. She shifts and rolls on her back, her hooded eyes staring up at me. I lean down and capture her lips with mine, swallowing her moans as my fingers work her toward the edge of her release.
“So wet, sweetheart. What were you dreaming about? Huh? Were you thinking about my cock inside of you? Inside your tight pussy?” I insert two fingers inside her, and she is sopping fucking wet. “Oh, you were, weren’t you? You were dreaming about me fucking you.”
“Yes. Oh fuck, Dax.” I love hearing my name come from that sweet little mouth of hers.
“Say my name again. Ask me to make you come.”
“Dax, please. Make me come,” she begs, her eyes staring into mine. Her hands are wrapped in my hair, pulling me closer.
As I move my fingers inside her, I use the heel of my palm to rub against her clit, and her hips immediately lift off the bed. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Mason shift, his fingers finding her very hard nipples under her shirt before he starts to suck on them.
Her mouth drops open, and I watch as her entire body vibrates from her release. Her cheeks flush, and she bucks against my hand.