Society Girls: Neveah (23 page)

“You saved him.”

“I couldn’t let my father be the only one in
the family to do that, now could I?”

“I’ll bring you some food.”

“Thanks.”

I watch her walk away, and also watch my
parents walk arm and arm into the tunnel leading to the room where
the party’s going on. It’s still weird to see them together, but
they’re both happy, and I’ll get used to it eventually. My brother
doesn’t walk with them, because he’s weirded out, too. He’s become
good friends with Dylan, and I know he’s now somewhat reluctant to
stay at his school, even though he practically begged for that a
couple of weeks ago. Dylan will always be part of my life, because
of my family and Ellie, but we’ll never have our own life together
again.

* * *

Dylan

I see everyone walk into the room, except
for the one person I need to see. I’m surprised I was able to play
at all, much less score, with Nev sitting in the stands cheering
for me. It was so fucking awesome, and I want to tell her that.
When it starts getting later, I pull my sister aside since she was
sitting next to Nev.

“Do you know where Nev is?”

“She’s in her seat. I’m bringing her some
food, if that’s okay.”

“Of course it’s okay for you to bring her
food, but why didn’t she come in here herself. Is her arm hurting,
or is she sick?”

“She didn’t think you’d want her here.”

“What? Of course I want her here!”

“She said something about you saying you’d
do something if she watched you play, but you didn’t do it tonight.
She thinks that means you’re over her.”

“I’ll never be over her.”

“Then maybe you should do what you said you
would.”

It takes me a moment to even recall what I
said, but when I do, I want to bang my head against the nearest
wall. Five fucking baskets, and I didn’t even blow her one kiss.
Oh, I’m going to do what I said alright, and then I’m going to do
more.

I’m on fire once we make it back onto the
court, but no matter what I do, I can’t get another basket. I’m
double-teamed, triple-teamed, and just can’t keep the ball long
enough to take a decent shot.

I try to catch Nev’s eye a few times, but
she won’t look at me. She ate the plate of food I made up for her,
but I don’t think Ellie told her I was the one who made it. She’s
barely paying attention to the game.

The clock is winding down, and I think my
time to make things up to her is over, when suddenly I’m wide open.
I catch the ball as it’s thrown to me, and take the shot. It’s all
net, and as I look to her, Nev is smiling and clapping.

I blow her one kiss, and then another as I
ignore what’s going on around me and walk towards her. I blow her
all six kisses I owe her and a few extras before I reach her.
Instead of stopping in front of her, I keep going, picking her up,
and kissing her hard.

Her arms go around my neck as we both ignore
the cheers and catcalls coming from all around us. We kiss until
the buzzer sounds, and I don’t even look to see who won. I just
look into her eyes as I open mine.

“I forgot. I was so excited to see you, and
so worried about getting my speech right, and I forgot. I’m so
sorry. I want you, Nev. I promise you, I will always want you.”

“I will always want you, too.”

I lean in for another kiss, before I’m
physically pulled away. I turn to swing at whoever had the nerve to
interrupt us, but then remember where I am and that I heard the
game end. I look up to the scoreboard, and see that my team lost by
two points. I smile, because I still won tonight.

I pull Nev along with me to
center court, where I present my biggest rival, and one of my best
friends, with the winning trophy. He asks if he can kiss the girl,
too, but I just growl at him while Nev laughs into my shoulder.
Everything really
is
alright.

Neveah

“I know this is your party, but do you want
to get out of here?” I ask Dylan, because I really want to be alone
with him. And a bed. Or any other flat surface.

“Let’s just go say goodbye to my family, and
then you can finally show me your place.”

“It’s not as exciting as your house.”

“It’s got you and a bed. What else could I
possibly want?”

“A gun range, basketball court, and
pool?”

“I believe all three of those things are in
this building.”

“They are, so I guess my
place
is
pretty
impressive.”

“You’re the impressive one. I don’t think I
thanked you for saving me.”

“You didn’t, but we have all night for
that.”

“For what?” his mom asks, finding us before
we had a chance to find them.

“Talking,” I say, nodding my head, which
probably makes me look like a crazy person.

“Talking, huh? Well don’t wear yourselves
out with too much talking. I expect to see both of you for lunch
tomorrow before we fly back,” Mr. Gallagher tells us, as Dylan’s
brothers and their wives laugh.

“Will do. We’re heading out for
that…talking,” Dylan says.

“Go on and get out of here,” his mom says,
swatting at his arm before shooing us away.

We can’t keep our hands off each other as we
ride the elevator to my floor. Mouths, either. The only reason we
still have our clothes on when we get to my apartment is because I
tell him about the cameras in the elevators, and hallways. Even
still, the guards get a pretty good show.

Once we’re inside my door, Dylan lifts me up
and then takes his mouth off me long enough to look around. I see
him smile, but he doesn’t walk to my bedroom like I’m expecting.
Instead, he takes me to the large alcove Chloe Griffin made for me.
It’s got mountains of pillows all over the floor, and jewel-toned
sheer panels all around it.

“This is sexy.
You’re
so sexy. I need to
be inside of you.”

I wrap my legs around him as he drops to his
knees, laying me down on the pillows. “I want to keep this jersey
on for at least a little while, but everything else needs to come
off.”

I nod as he pulls off my leggings and
panties, and then reaches inside the jersey to take my bra off. He
snaps the band holding up my hair up in two, and I arch up into his
hard body. None of what he’s doing is gentle or sweet. It’s all
built on his need for me, but I need him just as much so I don’t
care. He can be tender for round two.

After kissing, licking, and biting every
inch of my exposed skin and making me come hard enough to scream
his name, he pushes the jersey over my head. He pulls his shirt off
next as I fumble with his jeans. He pulls a condom out of his
pocket and hands it to me before taking the rest of his clothes
off.

I sheath his cock before pulling him down so
he’s lying on his back. I climb on top of him, and sink all the way
down as we both moan. He wastes no time thrusting up into me, and I
start riding him hard enough to make us both slide across the silk
pillows. I know I’m leaving marks on his shoulders and chest with
my nails when I come hard, but I can’t stop trying to pull him even
closer and closer as I keep coming.

I’m still spasming around him as he finds
his own release, shuddering underneath me. “Fucking hell, Nev.”

We’re both breathing hard when we come down,
and he’s still hard inside of me. “We’re doing that again,
right?”

“Give me a minute, or maybe just long enough
to switch out the condom.”

“We don’t need another one,” I tell him.

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

“I love you so damn much.”

“I love you just as much.”

He pulls me down, burying his head in my
hair and nuzzling my neck as we hold each other tight. We’ve had
our ups and downs, and I know we’ll have more of each before death
do we part, but it’s all worth it. Dylan’s worth it all and he’s
everything I want, need, and deserve. We can get through anything
now that we’re finally working together.

Matisse

“Do you want to come up to my place?” I ask
Kendrick, feeling bold at this party I helped make happen.

“I’m not sure that would be a good
idea.”

“You don’t always have to be good, you
know.”

“Actually, I do.”

“We’d be good together if you’d just give me
a chance.”

“It’s not you.”

“Really? Come on, dude. Don’t say it’s you,
because I’m not buying it. You’re brilliant, hot, and I know you
want me.” Now the alcohol is starting to talk. I probably shouldn’t
have had that last shot, but liquid courage and all, you know.

“It’s not proper for me to date a
recruit.”

“There are no rules against it. I already
checked.”

“It’s an unwritten rule.”

“Is it Waverly?”

“What?”

“I know you two are close. Is she your
secret girlfriend?”

“No.”

“Fuck buddy?”

“Definitely not.”

“I’d be your fuck buddy. No strings.”

“How much have you had to drink,
Matisse?”

“Maybe too much, or maybe not enough.”

“I’m leaning towards the too much for you
right now.”

“Why, am I not sexy enough to make you break
your rules, Doc?”

“You’re more than sexy enough. I just have
rules for a reason. I don’t want to compromise myself by breaking
them.”

“You really think I’m sexy?” I ask, ignoring
the rest of what he said, because it makes no sense.

“You know I do.”

“Can you change your rules? Then you won’t
have to worry about breaking any with me. Please?”

“You’re going to be the death of me,
Matisse. Maybe even literally.”

“I’d never let you die, Doc. I’ll protect
you even if you don’t give me any yummy orgasms.”

“I think I better get you up to bed.”

“Ooh. Yes, please.”

“I’m just going to tuck you in. You’re in no
condition for anything else.”

“Guys don’t always care.”

“This guy cares. Let’s go.”

He cares. About me. I
wasn’t kidding about some guys not minding sex after a few too many
drinks, but my doctor cares. He’s mine, even if he doesn’t know it
yet. And I’m his. I have been ever since I first laid eyes on him
on my tour. I wanted to un-straighten his laces that day, and my
desire for him has only grown while he’s been tutoring me. He may
not be ready for me yet, but he will be. He
has
to be. After all, he’s the only
man I’ve ever truly fallen in love with.

Find out what happens with Matisse and
Kendrick in
Society Girls: Neveah, Coming in March 2016!

Hi! It’s just me, hiding out over here. For
all of you who love Matt (and Reina), I want you to know that I
don’t plot my books ahead of time, and I had no idea when I wrote
Reina’s book that I would have Nev’s father turn up alive. I was
driving one day, and the idea of this crazy twist came to me. I was
just finishing Sierra’s book, and I thought it would be the biggest
twist I could put in a book, because not only would it affect these
characters, but it would also change things for Matt, and by
extension, Reina. I struggled a little with it, but I decided it
really was the way to go. I couldn’t put a scene with just Matt and
Reina in someone else’s book, but I felt like everyone deserved
one, so here you go. Read on to find out how Reina helped Matt be
as okay as he can be with what happened!

Matt

I can’t believe this is happening. I’ve been
finally coming to terms with what I did all those years ago.
Finally learning to stop blaming myself for killing Sadiq Ayoub so
I could fully move on with the life I finally have with Reina. And
the he turns up alive. How could he be alive? I gave up on my
life—and my love—for over a decade because of the guilt and disgust
I felt, and now it’s for nothing?

“Matt, I know this is hard, but you need to
talk to me,” Reina tells me. “You can’t just keep ignoring me while
you sit on the couch in your own world. You need to eat, and
shower, and come back to the living.”

I’ve been on this couch for almost two days
straight, only moving to use the bathroom. I’ve barely eaten, I
definitely haven’t showered, and I haven’t touched my wife. I’m not
ready to do any of that now. “Just go back to work and leave me
alone, Rei.”

“So that’s it? You’re just going to shut me
out again? Push me to the side like I’m nothing? We promised to
work together to get through anything that happened to us. Work
with me, Matt. Please.”

“What’s there to work with? I gave up
everything because I thought I killed him. Don’t you care that I
gave you up for nothing?”

“I’ve always thought you
gave me up for nothing. Your guilt was misplaced, and you chose it
over me. I know you were devastated, but it was an accident. You
didn’t trust me with your secret, and that was your choice. So to
answer your question, no. I don’t care that Sadiq’s alive as it
pertains to you giving me up. I
do
care that I’ve had to tiptoe around you for the
last two days, and sleep alone, in case you’re wondering about
that.”

“All those years.”

“The years that maybe we should be thankful
we didn’t have.”

“What? You just came up with some crazy
theory?”

“It’s not crazy, and I’ve been thinking
about it for quite some time now.”

“Well go ahead and enlighten me. You know
you want to.”

“What I want to do is punch you, but I’ll
settle for explaining.”

Shit. I’m being an ass, and she’s the last
person who deserves that from me. She’s put up with too much
already. “Sorry, Rei. Please tell me what you’re talking
about.”