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2024-10-29 19:42:56Jenna’s P.O.V.
My mind buzzed with a whirlwind of thoughts as I made my way to Fairview High for the first meeting regarding the new library project of the high school. It had been a week since my awkward disaster of a coffee date with Adam, and in that time, my days had been consumed by the responsibilities I had inherited at Anderson’s Construction. My uncle’s passing and the unexpected inheritance had left me grappling with a mix of emotions. Grief, gratitude, and the weight of newfound responsibilities as a business owner. I hadn’t even had the chance to read the letter my uncle had left for me, and the thought of possibly seeing Adam in the school building today only added to my internal turmoil.
As I entered the school building, my heart raced with anticipation and nerves. The meeting room was filled with architects, builders, and school staff, all eagerly awaiting the beginning of the meeting. I straightened my back and held
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I felt how Adam seemed to hesitate for a moment before he spoke again, his voice sounding gentle this time.“About our failed coffee date, I hope I didn’t make you uncomfortable then.” And I sighed as I did turn around to face him again.what the hell does this man want from me?“Adam, we work together now, and I don’t want anything to jeopardize this project or our professional relationship.” I told him because telling him to ‘fuck off’ surely didn’t sound as professional.“I understand, but I still need to apologize to you for the way I acted,” Adam spoke, his expression sincere, even though I also spotted something else in his dark eyes. As if somehow, he was taking on a challenge for himself. But instead of thinking about it, I simply nodded and decided to drop it and just move on.“Apology accepted. That’s what I do, remember, I push myself bac
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Adam’s P.O.V.The bell rang, signaling the end of another school day. I gathered my papers, sliding them into my desk. Today had been no ordinary day, though. Today had been a day where I had been able to somewhat close the imaginary gap between Jenna and me.Because right now, I had planned to meet her at the library, and even though she had declined us to go out -again-, at least by the end of our conversation, she seemed to be smiling when she had walked away from me. I mean, I had seen the blush on her cheeks and I had heard her gasp for air whenever I would call her gorgeous. Her voice might try telling me she didn’t like me, her body however was a terrible liar. The blush, the looking at me for just a second too long. They were all indicating what I already thought, she did like me. At least a bit.With a quick check to make sure that I had all the relevant documents with me,
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Jenna's P.O.V.Adam sipped from his coffee, and probably unaware of himself, a low moan of satisfaction came out of his throat. It made me wish that I was the one pulling those sounds out of him instead of the hot drink in his hands. But right now, while we were in a pretty safe place, I knew it was the right time to talk to him, really talk to him.“OK.” I sighed, shoving my own coffee out in front of me.“If we are going to do this, working together, I mean, there are a few things you should know,” I told him, already feeling a lump forming in my throat.“Are you an alien?” He asked me, his eyes wide and filled with humor.“Hardy har har… No, but that time when we went for coffee and we had that fight… I guess when I saw you that time, I was a bit starstruck. I was in fact… shy around you.” I shrugged.there,it's out in the worl
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“Bye, Gorgeous.” Adam winked at me before I smiled one final time.“No more fighting from now on, OK?” I asked him, to which he smirked.“I always love a good fight, especially if it’s followed by a good make-up session.” He winked at me, and so I quickly turned myself around, knowing my cheeks had the color of ketchup.
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Adam's P.O.V.I walked into the school library, two coffees in hand, the next Saturday morning. Yeah, yeah, I’m a flatterer, but in my defense, it felt as if I still owed my one true mate a million more coffees before I would be able to make her forget about our first disaster coffee date. And now, it was my mission to do so. To make her forget about all the bad and make her focus on the good from now on, so hopefully soon, she would start to see how great we fitted together.The school library was a realm of forgotten takes and hidden knowledge. The shelves, all lined with dusty tomes and worn paperbacks, whispered secrets from centuries past. I stood at the entrance, for the last time taking in what the old library looked like. The same library that I had set in more times than I could count, working on some school project when I had been a student myself. But now, Jenna would come and change this place, make it better. Just like she was changing me for the bet
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Jenna’s P.O.V.By the end of the weekend, the library had been emptied out completely, only leaving the walls and floors. And in a funny way, emptying out this massive school library had been some sort of a healing process for me as well. With every box that had been carried outside of the room, it had felt as if a piece of my high school terrors had been packed in and brought out of my heart as well. The library had truly transformed. It now stood empty. Its grandeur accentuated by the fading light filtering through the tall windows. And now, looking at all the empty walls and old floors, it felt as if I was finally able to let go of my insecurities of the past. And finally… let go and start fresh.I was sitting in the middle of the empty room on the floor after Adam had just walked out the remaining members of the crew and people who had volunteered to come over and help move the boxes of books into the school's base
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“What about you?” I asked him, knowing that now that I had been honest with him, I might get an answer out of him as well. And when his eyes dipped down to look at his beer bottle, I somehow sensed that he was about to be honest with me and lay his heart on the line as well. I just didn't know if I would like the answer or not...“I did have one serious relationship. I mean… sort of.” He nodded.“We were dating for about a year, before I found out that she had been lying to me. I ended the relationship right then and there. Haven’t really dated much after that.” He shrugged.“I’m sorry.” I frowned.“Did you love her?” I asked Adam, my chest contracting since I honestly feared his answer.“At some point in time, I thought I did love her. But right now, I honestly don’t know if I ever truly did. When I found out about the lies, it felt as if all the
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“How is your uncle’s house going?” Koda asked me, walking toward a cooler and grabbing a can of soda for himself. And I took a mental note that since Adam had just installed the refrigerator, I guess we could start loading the fridge in as well, once the boxes were all emptied out.“Good. It’s actually done.” I smiled, referring to my late uncle Ben’s house. I had taken some time to think about my options on what to do with the house that I had grown up in. But once the decision had been made, I had been over the moon and unstoppable.“And we also named it.” I smiled, seeing how Koda’s eyebrows rose up, making him look just like Adam.“I named it ‘Uncle Ben’s Inn’, in his memory.” I smiled, thinking back at the way my uncle’s old house had once looked back in the day, and how I had transformed it into a small bed and breakfast.
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Jenna’s P.O.V.I blinked, waking up and feeling disoriented for a moment because somehow my brain for a second still thought that I was back in Chicago in Jules’ apartment. But as my consciousness slowly returned, I became acutely aware of a new sensation souring through me, bringing me right back into Fairview, into Adam's room.I somehow felt different waking up, but it wasn’t the kind of different that would send alarm bells ringing. It was a good kind of different, a sense of profound calm and security I had never experienced before.The memories of the previous night flooded my mind, the raw intensity of Adam’s mark, and his declaration of claiming me as his mate, forever. The connection we shared had always been undeniable, but somehow seemed nothing compared to what I was feeling for the man right now. I could feel his energy, his warmth, like a warm undercurrent in my veins before I had even touched him or
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Adam’s P.O.V.Fuck, if my little mate was about to keep this up, I would blow my load like a fifteen-year-old looking into his first Playboy magazine. My eyes rolled back all the way to where they could probably see my own brains, feeling her bare for the very first time. The tight clench of her pussy, her wetness, fuck… I could even sense my precum marking her already, my scent nesting inside of her. My fucking canines were already coming out and I was only just inside of her.My hips had found a glorious rhythm of rocking in and out of her. The wet sounds of our fucking, the cracking of the bed on the wooden floors, the sweet sounds she was making as I hit her G-spot stroke after delicious stroke, it was all too much for me right now.“Where do you want me to bite you, baby?” I panted, knowing that right now, I wasn’t able to hold on for much longer.
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Jenna’s P.O.V.Damn, this man is good, better than good.Hell, does the right word even exist?No… I honestly don’t think so.He slowly climbed over my body, his lips crashing against mine. The weight of his body on mine, the warmth of his skin pressing on me was almost enough to send me over the edge once more. My hands ran down his cheeks as I stopped him for one moment, long enough to look into his eyes.“I want you to mark me,” I told him, letting him know about the final decision that I had made about my future before I got on the plane back to Fairview. Yes, this had been my decision and mine alone. I wanted to be with Adam, that much was true, but I wanted to be with him in every way human or supernaturally possible. I wanted every part of him. And I wanted to be his just as badly as I wanted him to be mine.
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Adam’s P.O.V.I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm myself and my wolf. I couldn’t help the grin that almost split my face in half, and how my heart skipped a beat and then started to pound like a wild horse. It really felt as if Jenna coming back to Fairview had also brought me back to life after being dead for a week straight. Fuck, I loved this woman with my whole being. And now, I knew for a fact that that was never going to change because she had just told me that she was going to stay right here, with me.When I had seen her sitting on my front porch, I had wanted to race to her immediately. I had wanted nothing more but to scoop her up into my arms, carry her inside the house, and lock the door behind me so she wouldn’t be able to run away from me anymore. But I hadn’t acted on my own selfish feelings or those of my wolf, since at that point I hadn’t realized why she had returned just yet. I mea
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“I have been searching for you all afternoon,” I confessed to her, my eyes locking onto hers. Jenna’s expression softened at my statement, and surprisingly, she reached out and touched my hand as if she wanted to apologize that I hadn’t been able to find her any sooner.“I’m sorry,” she told me before she swallowed deeply.“I was at Anderson’s Construction almost the entire afternoon for an emergency meeting with the staff.” She added before she looked away from me again. Which made a lump form in my throat that I absolutely hated, because what on earth could be so bad that she needed to look away from me when she would tell me this?“I…” She sighed, pressing her lips into a thin line, while I braced myself for impact.“I decided to sell my uncle’s company.” She nodded, and my heart sank at her words. This was exactly
