JAY'S POV
Life has actually been... pretty amazing these past few weeks.
Keifer and I are finally official.
And if you think he's the cold, intimidating CEO type twenty-four seven... You're completely wrong. The guy is ridiculously clingy.
Every single morning, he picks me up from the house. Every afternoon, he drops me back home. He's always holding my hand whenever we're walking together. And don't even get me started on the constant flirting. One minute we're having a normal conversation...The next, he's leaning close to my ear, whispering the sweetest things imaginable just to watch me blush.
It's honestly unfair. Not that I'd ever admit that to his face.
Besides him...I've been spending a lot more time with Aries too. For the first time in a long while...It genuinely feels like I have a real older brother.
We annoy each other. We argue over the dumbest things. He still treats me like a child. But somehow...That's exactly what makes it feel like family.
Everything has been going well.
Well...Almost everything.
There's still Jeana. She keeps trying to talk to me whenever she gets the chance. I ignore her every single time. She doesn't deserve my attention. Not after everything.
But enough about that.
Because right now...Neither my clingy boyfriend...Nor my overprotective brother...Nor my so-called mother...Is my biggest problem.
No.
My greatest enemy at the moment...Is Mathematics.
My fourth quarterly exams start in five days. After that, we'll finally get a three-week vacation before our final examinations. The exams that will decide whether I graduate...Or repeat another year.
No pressure.
Right now, I'm sitting in my room. Staring at my Math textbook...Like it personally robbed me of my favorite chips.
Actually...Forget the chips.
This book is far worse. I've been studying continuously for the last three hours...And there are still dozens of concepts I can't understand.
Whoever invented trigonometry...I hope both sides of their pillow are warm forever.
I continued glaring at the book for another five minutes. Nothing changed. The formulas kept staring back at me. I sighed dramatically.
"Yeah... we're both wasting our time."
I tossed my pencil onto the desk and stretched my arms above my head.
Break time.
I grabbed my phone from beside the pillow and unlocked it.
As expected...Section E
127 Unread Messages.
What kind of disaster happened now? I tapped the notification.
📱 SECTION E 🔥
Yuri: WHO ATE MY BURGER?!
Denzel: Skill issue.
Yuri: YOU WERE LITERALLY THE ONLY PERSON IN MY HOUSE!
Denzel: No proof.
Calix: I watched him eat it.
Denzel: Traitor.
David: Can we focus? We literally have exams in five days.
Mayo: Exactly.
Mayo: Who's ready?
Eren: I accepted my fate.
Kit: I've already started praying.
Blaster: I don't even know what chapter we're taking.
Felix: Same.
I laughed under my breath. Typical Section E. Not one serious person in sight. Then another message popped up.
Keifer: Anyone understand Question 18 in the review?
I blinked. Wait...Mr. Top Student was asking for help? Impossible.
Before anyone could answer—
Rory: The genius finally needs us?
Drew: SCREENSHOT THIS MOMENT!
Calix: BREAKING NEWS! KIEFER WATSON IS HUMAN!
Josh: Someone frame this.
I couldn't stop myself. My fingers moved before my brain could stop them.
Jay Jay: Miracles really do happen.
Barely two seconds later—
Keifer: Says the girl who asked if negative times negative equals positive because they're "canceling each other's bad vibes."
I froze. The chat exploded.
Eman: HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Calix: BAD VIBES 😭😭
Kit: I'M CRYING!!
Yuri: JAY JAY SAID BAD VIBES!!
Mayo: This is why Section E will never know peace.
I immediately typed back.
Jay Jay: At least I don't solve equations while flirting with my girlfriend.
Keifer: Multitasking.
Jay Jay: Narcissist.
Keifer: Your narcissist.
Silence. Three seconds. Then—
Yuri: HE SAID YOUR NARCISSIST!!
Felix: OH MY GOD 😭😭
Blaster: THEY'RE DOING THIS IN THE GROUP CHAT AGAIN!!
David: CAN YOU TWO PLEASE PAY OUR THERAPY BILLS?!
Calix: AND NOW I'M WATCHING A ROMCOM!!
Heat rushed to my cheeks. I rolled my eyes so hard they almost left my head.
Jay Jay: Don't flatter yourself.
His reply came almost instantly.
Keifer: Too late. You already admitted you missed me this morning.
I absolutely did not.
Okay...Maybe I did. Privately. Not in front of these idiots. Before I could defend myself.
Yuri: SHE'S NOT DENYING IT!!
Rory: Ladies and gentlemen... we got her.
Eman: Moment of silence for the single people in this group.
Blaster: I'm witnessing emotional damage.
Mayo: Can one of you fail your exams already? You're making the rest of us look bad.
I groaned dramatically and threw my head back against the headboard.
"Unbelievable..."
My phone buzzed again. A private message.
Keifer: Still taking a break?
I smiled despite myself.
Jay Jay: Trying to. Your idiots won't let me.
His reply came almost instantly.
Keifer: They're our idiots.
Why did one simple sentence make me smile so much? I hate this man. Okay. Maybe not hate.
I was about to leave the chat when another notification popped up.
Keifer: Come outside.
Wait...What?
I frowned.
Jay Jay: Why?
The reply came almost instantly.
Keifer: Just come.
I raised an eyebrow before walking toward my balcony. The moment I stepped outside, my eyes landed on a familiar black Jeep parked just outside the gate.
Keifer's Jeep.
God. This boy. Will he ever leave me alone? Not that I was complaining. Maybe a little.
I rushed out of my room.
Correction—I sprinted downstairs.
Ignoring the confused looks from the staff, I practically ran out of the house and opened the passenger door before sliding inside.
There he was. Sitting comfortably in the driver's seat. Looking completely unbothered...As if he hadn't just made me run all the way here like a maniac. I turned to him, slightly out of breath.
"What are you doing here?"
He looked at me. His lips curved into that stupidly handsome smile.
"I missed you."
I blinked.
"...Seriously?"
"We literally spent the whole day together."
He nodded.
"I know."
"You dropped me home."
"I know."
"Five hours ago."
"I know."
I stared at him in disbelief.
"And you came all the way here because..."
"I missed you."
God. What am I supposed to do with this man? I let out a dramatic sigh.
"You're becoming incredibly clingy these days."
A small grin appeared on his face.
"I prefer affectionate."
I rolled my eyes.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night."
He chuckled softly. The inside of the Jeep fell silent. Neither of us spoke. It wasn't awkward. It never was. Just... comfortable. The kind of silence where words weren't necessary. A cool evening breeze drifted in through the slightly opened windows.
Then—
"Jay Jay."
His voice broke the silence.
Low.
Deep.
That stupidly husky voice that somehow managed to make my knees weak every single time.
I looked at him.
"What?"
He didn't say anything instead he grabbed my waist with both of his hands and make me seat on his lap. And even when I was confuse what he was trying to do. I still let him.
Then he pull me a little more closer by my waist. And DAMN!....My breath got stuck in my lungs.
Because now I am sitting on his lap my both legs on either side of him. My hands wrapped around his neck and our faces inches apart breathing the same air.
"I want to devour you, Jay."
Did he really say that?
My brain literally shot circuited right now. But the second I looked into his eyes I could see that darkness and lust in his eyes.
"Keifer someone will saw us. We are right in front of the door."
I tried to protest even when my heart was screaming just kiss him.
"No one will saw us. The windows are tinted."
I tried to speak again but he cut me off -
"Please, Jay. Let me."
Fuck....I can't.
The way he says please to me almost like he was begging to me. Just undo me.
He kisses me fiercely and possessively. His tongue sweeps across the seam of my lips as his hands gripped me tighter. My mouth opens without any reservations. A small moan falls from my lips at the heated way he kisses me.
He was right he wanted to devour me.
"Fuck, you taste good," he mutters against my lips.
He presses his lips to mine again, It's slow and passionate. Every slip of his tongue against mine is deliberate, as if he thinks he has all the time in the world.
The kiss slows and slows until he's pulling away with the faintest smile on his lips. He traces my bottom lip with the pad of his thumb, the smile getting wider, making my pulse skip with how much I love to see him do it.
"So how's the break? "
"Amazing."