ar, and I swiftly pulled myself away from him with a smile on my face beca

Cole is one hell

downstairs because I needed my hot ch

kitchen I halted in my steps w

I greeted as I w

anded me a cup of hot ch

I asked with a s

then Cole walke

my heart thumped so loudly in my chest, and then he lo

precision, and in the next breath his han

re warm and firm and I could barely catch my own breath, and when his

nd we pulled apart fro

eat so fast. "You left the room without giving me my good morning kiss," he said with hi

an who had rattled my

ld out a camera. "Oh, you look so lovely together!"

bargain, because he pushed the hot chocolate Jake made aside and said,

around the kitchen and prepared me another hot cho

ldn't find the words because I kept wonderin

cup from him and brought it close t

g smile on her face and whispered, "He never acted l

p, wondering how this whole fake relationship was s

ound, and the one time I caught sight of him he was on an endless bus

the lake house, and I didn't even realize how f

t with two pairs of socks, and I still felt cold

ar the edge of the dock, and my face lit up quic

my teeth chattering as I lo

in, wearing only a training jacket and looking like the

ng the rope w

morning that Chloe girl is good for Cole," and he sa

my face broke into

when I had nobody, and Cole hates it when I call myself the

ke saw Cole as a big brother, despite the fact that Cole alwa

and toward the boat. "Five minutes be

gi

rt did

't want Jake getting into trouble with Cole because of me, but then I sh

hook beneath my feet, and Jake held

id over the cold, dark water while the wind bit m

asked while rowing, and I knew he

sk, he just tak

at me like he was trying to see something, a

hen I saw a second boat cutting through the cold w

just his black sweater with his jaw set tight and his

problem?"

d, and my heart nearly left my chest as ou

hand grabbed my arm so I wouldn'

ce change with raw, pure jealousy as

e!" His voice was low but loud

," Jake said, lifting

and pulled me toward his b

socks slipped against the cold floor of the boat, a

aight into the