*Violet's POV*
When I cut the engine in my parking spot, I lean my head back against the seat, attempting to mentally prepare myself for the conversation I’m about to have.
I breathe in deeply and find enough willpower to get out of my car and head towards my room. As soon as I round the corner to the front of the building, I see Jace sitting on one of the benches out front.
I brace myself before walking up to him. I can see his knee shaking nervously and when he finally notices me coming and looks up, I see the dark circles etched under his red-rimmed eyes.
“Vi, baby,” he says coming in for a hug. I put my hand out to keep him away and say, “Don’t Jace. Just don’t.”
“Let me explain, please.”
“I’m not sure what exactly there is to explain Jace. You fucked another girl! More than once! Not only that, but you let me believe all of this time that we were each other&rs
*Kane's POV*After my phone call, I can’t stop thinking about her. In my head, I know she’s with Stella and she’s fine so I fight the urge to go see her. I fight it all afternoon and then when it’s getting close to dinner time I’m worried that she’s going to try to skip a meal again. Or at least that’s what I tell myself as I drive to pick up Chinese food and bring it to her dorm.I knock on the door and Stella answers, “Vi, it’s for you,” she says and then walks back into the room. I see Violet sitting on Stella’s bed with several chocolate bar wrappers and an empty mickey of vodka.“Kane?” She asks, blinking a few times.“Uh, hi. I brought you guys some food,” I say holding up the bag.“We were just about to order food.”“Guess I have good timing then,” I tell her. I close the door and then go to sit cross-legged on
*Violet's POV*When I feel my phone buzzing on the desk behind my head, I attempt to lift my arm up to turn it off but find myself trapped in Kane’s arms. The more I attempt to free an arm, the more he seems to hold on.“Kane,” I whisper. “Kane, wake up.” Nothing. I turn my head to the side and bite gently on his shoulder since my arms are stuck between us and my top leg is pinned in between his legs. His eyes snap open and he says, “What?”“Alarm.” He reaches one hand up and shuts it off and then brings his arm back down around me.“Did you just bite me, Violet?”“You gave me no choice,” I say but snuggle my head back into his chest.“Uh huh sure.” We lie there for several more minutes when Stella’s alarm goes off. I hear the blanket shuffle a little as she groans and the alarm stops and she goes silent again.“Okay, I go
*Kane's POV*As I lay here, listening to and feeling Violet’s soft breathing against my chest, with my arms wrapped around her I feel...I don’t even know how to describe it but I know I would like nothing more than to feel this way all the time.I drift off again and then a little while later something lands on top of us as Stella says, “Hey, you two hungry?”Violet groans and I pull the blanket down a little to uncover our heads and see that Stella has thrown a pillow at us. Violet scrunches her face up in the most adorable way possible before rolling over to face Stella and propping herself up on her elbow.“I could eat. What were you thinking?”“Literally anywhere with coffee,” Stella replies.Violet throws the pillow back at her and then says, “Sounds good to me,” and goes to start getting up but I hold her down and place my hand on her bare hip, silently reminding h
*Violet's POV*When I get home from class, I find Stella lounging on her bed. She sits up and says, “So, did you have a good time last night?” While wiggling her eyebrows.I drop my bag on the ground and then sit on my bed facing her and say, “We didn’t do anything last night.”“Seriously? You had a man that looks like that in your bed and you just slept?”“I said nothing happened last night. You didn’t ask about this morning,” with a small smile.She laughs and says, “Come on Vi, semantics! So, spill! What happened?”I feel my cheeks flush. I’m really not used to discussing these kinds of things. Stella makes me feel more comfortable talking about it though. I think it’s because she is so...sexually liberated. “Nothing too, you know, over the top. Just hand stuff.”“Ugh, I bet he’s great with his fingers.”I
*Kane's POV*As we sit in the civic, I can’t believe I let her talk me into this. I am apparently wholly incapable of saying no to this girl.When we reach the gym, there are a few cars out front so it’s probably pretty busy. When we begin walking, my gaze flickers down to the tight leggings she has on and I consider making her go back to her room and change into something less appealing.I don’t suggest it though, remembering how mad she was when Jace freaked out about the outfit she wore to that club. When we walk through the doors, several heads turn our way and I make sure to glare at anyone whose eyes linger a little too long, silently telling them to back off. Thankfully, in the short time I’ve been going here, I’ve developed a reputation so they all avert their gazes quickly. I look down to find Violet looking around the gym at the equipment, completely oblivious to all of the attention.I lead her over to the ring whe
*Violet's POV*The walk up to my dorm feels excruciatingly long and I struggle to concentrate enough through the white hot desire raging through my body to unlock the door. When I finally open it, Kane slams it, clicks the lock and drops my bag. I literally jump him and wrap my legs around his waist, rocking my hips against him as I kiss him. He turns us around and pushes my back up against the wall.“More, Kane,” I groan against his mouth. The friction isn’t enough anymore. He backs us off the wall and places me down with my bum on the edge of the bed. He pries my hands from his neck and places them on the bed above my head.“Keep them there,” He says and the dominance in his voice makes me shiver and I nod. “Good girl."He moves his face and hands down to the bottom of my shirt and starts to lift it up, leaving kisses along my stomach as he goes. I arch my back to help him and he lifts the shirt over
*Kane's POV*As we watch the movie, the look on her face when she told me how incredible it was is burned into my brain. Obviously the sex was mind-blowing, but the way she looked at me like I was the only person in the world, like I was special, made me realize what it is I’ve been feeling when I’m with her: happiness. It’s an emotion I haven’t felt in so long. It excites me and terrifies me at the same time because I know it can’t last. How can it?One way or another, this whole thing ends in tragedy, but now that I’ve felt this way again, I am selfishly unable to let it go. I want every minute of this that I can get while I still can.When the movie finishes, I look down to find Violet passed out on my shoulder. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by that. Our evening was quite strenuous, as she put it. I close the laptop and then untangle my fingers and shift my arm around her back so that I can lie her down on
*Violet's POV*When Kane leaves, I quickly gather my things and head to the showers. When I get there, I shower in record time and up finishing at the same time as Stella so we walk back to the room together. When we get there, she turns around and says, “So? Was it good?!”“Good doesn’t even begin to describe it,” I tell her and she squeals.“Yes! I knew it! With that whole dangerous, moody, might kill you for looking at him sideways vibe he has going on, I knew he had to be good in bed.”I laugh and say, “What does that have anything to do with sex?”“Trust me, the level-headed mentally stable guys are always boring in bed. It’s just a fact of life. Guys who are hot, mentally stable, and awesome in bed do not exist. You can only have two out of the three.”I think about this and realize that so far her theory checks out. Jace is hot and mentally stable but definitely n