“Look, Tom. I-“
“You don’t have to say it, Kate. If you don’t love me back, it’s okay. I get it.”
“No! Tom, it’s not like that! I just-“
“You just what, Kate?”
“I don’t want to say it if I don’t mean it.” He looked back over to the pool, which was glowing radiantly with all the colors of the lights on the trees. “I’m sorry.” He glanced back over to me, smiling. His eyes were so beautiful in the moonlight. I don’t know what compelled me to do it, but I kissed him. My eyes shut tight as I cupped his face with both of my hands. After awhile, I could feel him kissing back. A burst of fire returned in my throat, just as it did before. Only this time, it travelled all throughout my body. His hands gripped my waist, and he pulled me in closer. His tongue began to pry my mouth open, lusting for the taste of my own. We were so into it, and it was probably my fault. The only reason why I was kissed him was because I felt bad.... When Tom becomes enraged about the one thing he can't have, Kate refuses to give her virginity to him. With Tom in jail, Kate has the freedom to be with someone else. Little does she know that the guy she ends up with is Tom's best friend. The two plot revenge against Kate, planning to do the worst to her on prom night, which is also her birthday. But when Matthew, Tom's best friend, falls for Kate, he has no other choice but to fight to spare Kate from a horrible night in paradise that will scar her for the rest of her life.
"I don't know what kind of girl you think I am Greg" I mumbled. I was not the kind of girl who slept with guys on a whim. I wanted him, but not enough to abandon all reason.
He took a step toward me, ignored my narrowed eyes and wrapped his arms around me. I wriggled and tried to pull away, but he only held me tighter. His face was impossibly close to me, expression serene to my fury. I could feel him already, pressing into my stomach. Fear shot through me, but the anticipation was equal.
"I know exactly what kind of girl you are Maddy... that's the problem" He said simply.
His lips crashed into mine, tasting every inch of me. I wanted more than anything to pull away, leave and never mention this again.... but I couldn't do it. The feel of him naked, warm and muscular against me rendered me speechless. I couldn't explain it, but our bodies seemed to fit together somehow and the anger I'd felt just a minute ago. That firey anger at him invading my privacy was gradually merging with the previous lust from last night. Now all I felt was an all consuming need for him to touch me.
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Maddy Reynolds' life is a mess. Her best friend's brother Greg has just died and her two best friends Mel and Dom aren't speaking to each other. She has no one to talk to about her confusing feelings towards Greg or why Mel is so distant. Then at the funeral, she becomes friends with Tom Winter by pure chance and he seems to be the only one who understands her.
And yet.... even he is keeping secrets from her. The sort of secrets that have the power to change everything.
Maddy now has to decide to trust him or find out the truth on her own. Things would have been a whole lot simpler if she'd chosen the latter.