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Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 101
Or maybe detachment wasn't the right word either. It was hard to think in the middle of the sensual onslaught to which she was subjecting herself. And probably that she was trying to think at all was a sign of some hitherto undiscussed messed-upness on her part. But she guessed she just wanted him to be more involved. She wanted pleasure to be this bottle of strawberry wine they passed between them on a summer day. She wanted it to be sparks in a plasma ball jumping from her to him and back again. And she definitely didn't want to be serviced by a beautiful bonk robot as if she was stuck in Westworld. Which was totally ungrateful of her because there was some amazing stuff going on. Her body was having a really happy time—but where was Aiden? Every time she tried to touch him back or participate in any way, he'd move her hands or reposition her with infuriating gentleness. Cole wouldn't have cared if he'd pinned her or overpowered her, come at her rough and cruel and full of threats o
Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 102
Cole was blushing even more. Blushing everywhere. Heat rushed through her body like a river undammed. This was so embarrassing. Except it was an oddly sexy embarrassing—a kissing cousin of desire—because she liked…she liked that he was insisting. It meant she was right. That he did want something more from her. And that maybe he’d let her give it. “Come on, Cole,” he said, leaning down and kissing her lightly. A tease, perhaps, or invitation. Reassurance, too, of a kind. “You’re going to tell me.” Of course she was. “Give me a minute,” she grumbled. “My fantasy life happens to be rich and complex.” His mouth curled into a rare, soft-edged smile. “I would expect no less.” There was a silence. Oh shit. It was supposed to be her line. Cole cleared her throat. “I, uh—” Her throat had clogged up. She tried to swallow in a sneaky and subtle fashion and ended up making a Gollumish gulping noise. Maybe she couldn’t d
Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 103
Aiden had been elusive after that. Busy, she guessed? At any rate, it turned out guests weren’t a problem, as long as she gave Bellerose enough notice to clear it with security and update Aiden’s diary so he knew she wasn’t available. She was actually super excited to see Harper. And she thought he was happy to see her, although it was slightly overshadowed by his reaction to the apartment. “Holy fuckballs,” she said, her bag slipping off her shoulder and thumping onto the floor. “When you said to meet you at Hyde Park, I assumed you were just using it as a landmark and we’d be off to some scuzzy bedsit you were renting in Peckham.” “Yeah, I’m just crashing here while my crack den is being repainted,” Cole replied. Harper turned dazedly, her eyes skidding over glass and silk and marble, much as hers had done when she first arrived. As, to be fair, they still did because she wasn’t sure how anyone ever got used to a place like this. “Seriously, Cole. How can
Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 104
“What? You know you’re a good writer,” Harper said. “Maybe at university. But this is the real world now. The stakes are different.” “Not really. It’s the same pool of people if you think about it.” Huh. Cole thought. “I guess.” “Then maybe…write something?” Cole opened her mouth— “And don’t whimper about it.” “But I’m so cute when I’m whimpering.” “Save it for your billionaire.” Cole whimpered anyway. “I don’t know what to write about.” “Yeah, you’re right.” Harper gazed around the flat. “Nothing to write about here.” “I can’t…OMG. That would be a total violation of Aiden’s trust.” “I’m not suggesting you give us a blow-by-blow of your relationship. But isn’t this lifestyle magazine gold dust?” “Regular reader of those, are you?” “I went to school with half the people who show up in Milieu these days so”—she blushed—“yeah. Of course I am.” Oh my God, too adorbs. Cole just had to tease her. “And how else would you know what handbag Kate Middleton is carryi
Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 105
Sometime between opening the bottle and finishing the bottle and embarking on another one, they had decided to lie on the rug to better appreciate the beauty of the universe. Which was when dinner arrived. It was super super weird to be served in your home like it was a restaurant, except it was hard to imagine One Hyde Park being anyone’s home really, and they were tipsy, which helped with the embarrassment factor. The food went by in a blur of faint weirdness. They’d brought them this complementary starter, which was an orange and some burned toast, except the orange was actually pate and Harper exploded it with a knife when she tried to slice into it like you would a piece of fruit. The Rice & Flesh turned out to be saffron risotto with cow bits on top—although it was delicious—and Cole's savory porridge was the worst thing in the world. Probably it tasted okay once you got over the fact that it was bright green and the frog legs croquettes had
Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 106
The next day, Cole called a car to take Harper to the airport, just about managing not to ask Bellerose's permission this time, and since she wasn't exactly overendowed with things to do, she went along with him. At the airport, saying goodbye turned out to be awful. It felt all final, and Cole got clingy as hell, trailing around the concourse with Harper holding her hand like a kid at the supermarket. But Harper wasn't exactly shaking her off either. They parted at the last possible moment with a pathetic amount of hugging. Cole was crying openly and Harper was snuffling. "I'm going to come back and visit all the time," she said. "I really need another one of those facials." Cole nodded. "You'll need it. America is bad for the complexion." "And we can still Kik and buddy watch stuff." "Yep yep." "And you can obsessively like all my Instagram posts." "I only care about the ones where you're shirtless. Fuck this cappuccino
Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 107
Cole made a sort of lunging nuzzle into his palm. This was sweet of her. And confusing. But not quite what she needed to hear. Basically it was emotional umami. And she didn’t know how to answer. Except then she blurted out, “But I don’t want things. I want you.” froze. It was like lights going out. Security doors coming down. Then he leaned in and kissed her again, and it was all teeth, all savagery. He spun her round, driving her back against the fridge, his mouth still on hers, one hand trapping her wrists and the other sliding down to rest against her throat. It was a pretty threatening way to be pinned, with her pulse beating under his palm and the heat of him surrounding her. So, obviously, she was super into it. He finally broke the kiss, leaving her breathless and dizzy and full of the taste of him. Pressed in even closer, his eyes a flare of ice blue—sun glare across glaciers—and his lips a little red from hers. “No,
Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 108
Cole woke up miserable and slightly shocked she’d been able to sleep at all, with all the crying and raging and soul-searching she’d been doing. But unconsciousness and a small amount of distance had calmed her down. Yes, Aiden had been, to put it bluntly, a dickhead. But they’d been having a very intense conversation and he’d probably felt exposed and pounced on, and—in any case—she shouldn’t have reacted by trashing the place like she was Keith Moon. And while part of her really didn’t want to be dependent on Aiden’s generosity in the middle of a fight, it seemed a bit off to throw up her hands and run away immediately. Not that she didn’t want to. Right now, she would have preferred to be pretty much anywhere than One Hyde Park, including with her family up in Kinlochbervie. But, even putting aside her lack of relationship experience, it seemed pretty fucking obvious that being in the same country was likely a major factor in resolving romantic conflict.
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