Three years ago.Jace's POV.Olivia and I are good, I think, our sex life is a little on hold without her knowing it but we're good. We had a fantastic time at the racing ring and she actually admitted to having fun.But then just when I think I have it all under control...She proves me wrong.The school hallway is crowded and noisy but I still spot them, laughing and slapping each other's shoulders in that playful or should I say flirtatious way.I don't know who the guy he is but he looks genuinely interested in her.It makes my skin crawl."Who the fuck is that?" Diego shuts his locker and stares at them too."I was gonna ask you the same thing." I respond, scowling at the way she grins up at him."Well why are you still standing here for? Let's go find out." He slaps my shoulder with the back of his hand and starts walking towards them.I should stop him, right? Cause Olivia and I are doing that whole trust thing?Fuck the whole trust thing, if I see someone flirting with my gir
Three years agoJace's POV."And then she just ignored me in front of this dude." I pass the vape pen back to her while I exhale smoke.Cass and I drove straight to her house after we ditched class, she has a flat screen tv in her room, hence why we're sitting down on her pink carpet, leaning our backs against her bed and switching between Netflix and video games since we got here but the movie she picked is kinda boring us out so now I'm telling her about the hallway thing while we vape."So what's the problem? She already told you she didn't want people's attention at school." She grabs the bowl full of popcorn, takes a handful and shoves it into her mouth."The problem is that she was flirting with this dude." I complain."Or they were just talking?" She squints her eyes at me."No, she was giving him those googly eyes." I point to my own eyes."Or maybe she was just amused by whatever the guy was talking about." Cass says suggestively."You weren't even there." I shake my head."J
Present Day.Olivia's POV.People usually talk about what it feels like to be falling for someone. I've never related to that term before, until now.I can't keep my hands off of Jace, I think I might be obsessed with him.Obsession, lust and love are like the three things I've tried to avoid so far but here I am, obsessing over this broken, beautiful man who can throw me out the window whenever his demons tell him to.The thing is, I know that he and I are not gonna work, we're gonna fuck in every corner, fight and scream at each other every night and then one day, one of us is gonna walk away and never look back.That scenario sounds tragic, but I wasn't expecting a marriage proposal either, I'm good with the way things are between us, I mean, he's still hiding things from me but I won't force him to talk about something that he's not comfortable sharing, looking at things in that perspective makes things much easier for me.Jace picked me up around nine pm for the party but then M
Three years agoJace's POV."Have you ever felt like you were meant to meet certain people?" I ask Cass's friend Tyler from Hawthorne, who has been patient enough to sit here and listen to me blubber about senseless things.We're sitting at the poolside table, he's smoking himself to death while I'm staring at Cass chat with her other friends across the pool.I've been thinking about our conversation earlier, about how she doesn't want to lose our friendship cause it's the only good thing she has right now.Yeah, so here's the thing.... It's not gonna work out.Our friendship is bound to fail one way or the other."You mean like destiny or some shit?" He blows out smoke."Yeah, like destiny." I nod."Some people will bring meaning to your life and some will bring the kind of pain that will later turn into a lesson so yeah, I believe in destiny." He responds, lifting the joint back to his lips.I sigh, leaning back in my chair, "So where am I supposed to put her?" I mutter more to mysel
Three years ago.Jace's POV .We left Cass's car with Tyler since she and I are too drunk to drive and Olivia and Diego did not want to drive it.I'm riding with Cass in the back of Diego's car because she's really out of it and is soundly asleep with her head resting on my shoulder.I keep meeting Olivia's gaze in the rearview, she hates Cass, she doesn't want Cass anywhere near me, I know that much and after tonight, I'll grant her that wish.I glance down at Cass's head resting on my shoulder, remembering what Tyler said about everyone in her life betraying her. I didn't want to be one of those people, I really wanted our friendship to work out but life just had to swoop in.Diego brings the car to a stop in his driveway, behind his mom's car."I thought you said she was out tonight." I stare at the car ahead."Yeah, I guess she changed plans." He responds, his tone coming out a little bitter.I ignore that."Okay, she'll be cool with it, right?" I ask, he looks back at Cass and mys
Three years agoJace's POV."And then the hot babysitter turned out to be some satanist trying to sacrifice him cause he had blood of the innocent." She explains with her hands.Olivia is an early riser, this morning she decided to wake up early and then wake me up and tell me all about some movie she watched.I'm currently hungover, laying flat on her bed while she's on top of me, straddling my hips as she explains the events of the movie."What the fuck?" I respond, my throat feeling dry."Literally the words that popped up on my screen when they drove two knives into an innocent guy's head." She laughs."Okay, sold, I'll watch it." I give up my protests."Many people don't like it, they say it's bad." She trails her index finger along the tattoo on my torso, it's barely a touch, she's just ghosting her finger along the ink but it still makes my skin feel fuzzy, my stomach tightens and my dick twitches.I swallow."You didn't think so?" I grasp her hand then I play with her fingers
Three years ago.Jace's POV.After I win the race against Kai Saunders, Diego, Blair, Olivia and myself head back to Diego's house. Diego's mum is never home and even when she is home, she barely notices what her son is up to, she's one of those cool mums who will give you love advise while sharing a cigarette.I wonder how life would be like if she were my mum.Dead. I'd be dead.Blair and Diego are arguing about god knows what in the kitchen, Olivia is dozing off next to me while I'm playing mortal Kombat by myself."Jace?" Olivia lazily calls beside me."Yes?" I keep pressing the controller, eyes glued to the screen."Do you think we'll ever argue like that again?" She asks, which makes me tense a little."No, not like that, we'll argue but not like that." I answer."Promise?" She shifts, a chuckle rambles in my chest and I turn my head to glance at her."Yes, Liv, I promise." I show her a reassuring smile, "Why are they arguing anyway?" I shift my attention back to the game."Dieg
Three years ago.Jace's POV."I look like one of those guys that try too much to impress a girl," I glance down at my outfit before turning my head to look at Diego, who's spinning around in my chair and restraining from laughing at my appearance."You look just fine," he waves a dismissive hand."Why do I have to wear a suit? We're not even going out, it's an indoor date." I point out."Yeah but it's still a date and you kinda have to be a real gentleman tonight, you owe her that." He says.I look at myself in the mirror again and I re-adjust my necktie."I know." I whisper underneath my tone."You know, you and I never really talked about this whole Cassandra versus Olivia thing." He says behind me.I pause, my heart somehow aches in my chest and I look down at my shoes for some reason."And it shall stay that way." I speak."Nah," I hear his footsteps approaching,"I think we need to discuss it, Jace, we've been friends since we were in diapers and I've never seen you look so confus