Chapter Nine
A knock startled her awake. Sunlight streamed in her bedroom window, turning the dust motes to sparkling diamonds. She was still fully clothed, on top of the covers. She’d spent the better part of the night tossing and turning, nested in the warmth of Blake’s leather jacket. Tumbling Blake’s and her father’s words over and over in her mind until they were as smooth as river rocks.
You fight because you’d die before you admit you want to f**k.
I ain’t sellin’. Especially to the likes of them.
For f**k’s sake, will you let me help you?
People have changed, Maddie Jane. They’re proud of you.
Don’t insult me by lying to me.
Would you be slippery and wet for me?
The knock sounded again. “Maddie?”
She rolled over groaning, reaching for the alarm clock to check the time. Eig
