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Swallowing and setting the other piece in the bag, I asked, “So, is that why you came here, to deliver me food?”
“Nope, I’m here to spend some time with you. We’re on rotation. Jett didn’t want you to feel secluded from the girls or feel lonely, so you will be getting a visit from each of us every day while you’re here.”
“Really?” I asked excited. “Did he tell you what’s going on?”
“Not really.” Pepper sat in one of the ribbons with ease, as if it were a swing. She made it look so simple. “He just told us that he fucked up and that you’re in trouble now, and that he had to remove you to protect you, but that you two were still an item.”
“He called us an item?” I said, a little too giddy.
“Yes, it was kind of cute. He was shy about it.”
My heart melted from hearing that. Even though I wasn’t around, he still showed how much he cared about me.
“That kind of makes me happy,” I admitted.
“You so have him wrapped around your finger. You should have seen the way he lit up when he talked about you. It was nice to see him finally find someone to bring him such joy. Before, he was just floating around, but never really feeling, and then you come around and flip his whole world upside down. It’s kind of awesome.” Pepper smiled.
“Yeah, too bad we can’t be together right now.”
Pepper’s face grew serious as she said, “Give it time, Lo. Jett knows what he’s doing. He doesn’t fuck around. He is doing this for a reason so you just need to be patient.”
“It’s hard when my pussy is crying for him.”
Pepper looked at me for a second and then burst out in laughter. “You’re ridiculous.”
“Do you know what’s ridiculous?”
“What?” she asked, slightly swinging back and forth.
“The fact that you haven’t given me details about sex with Kace.”
Rolling her eyes, Pepper said, “I’m going to go now.”
“No! Okay, we will talk about something else. Tell me, were his balls big?”
“I’m leaving.” Pepper got up but I stopped her while laughing.
“You’re sucking all the fun out of this.”
“Get to work.” Pepper nodded toward the sketch Diego wanted me to replicate. I rolled my eyes as she took her seat in the swing again and started studying the instructions Diego had left for me. At least I had company, that was a plus, even if it wasn’t Jett.
Chapter Twenty-Four
“Cool Kids”
LO
“How’s it going in here?” Diego asked, startling me from my concentration.
“Don’t do that,” I said, gripping my heart and checking my lines to make sure they were still on point.
“Do what? Talk to you?”
“No, sneak up on me.”
“I didn’t sneak up on you. Sneaking up on you would have called for me getting right next to your ear like this and whispering in your ear,” he said as he invaded my space.
Swatting him away, I said, “All right, I get your point.” I sat back and looked at my work. I was clearly still in the ribbon room, since the picture he wanted me to paint was a ribbon-like banner with intricate lettering that said, “Constrain my heart, constrain my soul.”
