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His truck slides to a stop next to mine and he sticks his head out the window. “You better make it to the water tower tonight,” he says.
I open my mouth to respond, but Everly beats me to it. “Really, Wayne? Do you have a phone?”
“I sure do.” He smiles and holds up his phone, taunting her. She rolls her eyes.
“Well, why don’t you use it? You didn't have to come out here to interrupt us.” Her huff is adorable. These two have fought like brother and sister since we were ten. He’s my best friend, she’s my girlfriend and I’m stuck in the middle.
“Dude, we’ll be there,” I say to diffuse the situation. The faster he leaves, the faster those lips will be back on me. He’s throwing me a going away party tonight. I leave for boot camp on Monday. Eight weeks without either of them will be hard. But I’m ready for the challenge. I’m ready to leave this town.
He points at me. “You better be. I’ll come hunt you down.” We’ve been best friends since we were babies. Our moms were best friends until my dad’s hot temper turned physical. Wayne’s mom tried to talk her into leaving too, but instead of taking her advice, my mom shut her out of her life. She forced her way back in the day mom told everyone she had cancer. She’s been like a second mom since my mom died.
He drives forward, does a quick U-turn, creating a cloud of dust and drives past us going back the same way he came. He yells, “Bye, Buttercup.”
“Jerk!” Everly yells back. I laugh at how red her face gets every time Wayne calls her that. It’s the nickname he made for her when we were twelve because she ate so many Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups she got sick. Now, she won’t even eat peanut butter without gagging. She turns her red face toward me and lifts her brow. “Are you laughing right now?” She acts mad, but she’s not. I can tell when she’s mad; she clears her throat and her eyes turn gray. Right now, she’s biting her bottom lip so she doesn’t smile.
A squeal comes out of her mouth as I grab her and flip her on her back. The blanket underneath us gives a little cushion to the ridges of the truck bed. “I am. What're you going to do about it?” I stare into her eyes. Today, they're green. Her eyes are like a mystery door, you never know what color you will get from one day to the next. She tries to tell me it’s what she’s wearing, but my theory is it’s more like a mood ring. Green is horny. It’s what I’m telling myself right now as I squeeze her ass. And after years of staring into them, I’m usually right.
Her hands run up my back and through my hair. “I would tell you, but I don’t want to think about Wayne right now.”
“Me neither.”
My hand crawls up her thigh, underneath the skirt she intentionally wore, and she squirms as I run my finger along the edge of her cotton underwear. Her breathing quickens, and she hums as I slide my finger under, tracing her opening. The second I feel her wetness, I groan. Something inside me ignites, and it wipes my mind of everything except one thing. Everly Cole.
Our hands tangle in a mad rush to unclothe each other. We’re hidden away in our special spot on my grandfather’s land. Wayne is the only person who knows where we go, but that’s only because the asshole followed us one night to see where we always disappear.
I reach into my shorts pocket to grab a condom. Feeling nothing, I flip the shorts over and switch pockets. I curse under my breath.
“What’s wrong,” she asks, her voice as sweet as the sin we’re about to commit.
I dig my head into her shoulder and groan as my dick shoots out a pain knowing it’s not getting any action. “I can’t find the condom. It must have fallen out somewhere,” I mutter.
“It’s okay. I’m on the pill.”
I jerk up, propping myself up with my elbows. “Since when?”
“Since last month.”
“Do your parents know?” That’s a stupid question. If her dad knew, I’d be six feet under right now. Jake Cole is the town’s sheriff. No one messes with him. He’s never been a fan of me, but he learned early on it was better to keep his enemy close because his daughter was going to date me whether or not he liked it.
“Kase. I’m eighteen now, they don’t need to know everything I do.”
I’m trying hard to think with the right head because right now my dick is the hardest it’s ever been. “Are you sure?” I murmur, studying her face for any hesitation. When she reaches down between us and wraps her warm hand around my hard dick and guides it inside her, I know she’s sure. The heat alone almost makes me lose my shit. It’s never felt this good.
It’s perfect.
She’s perfect.
She’s mine.
Chapter Two
Everly
Kase messes around with his friends in the middle of the circle outlined by truck beds. High school kids fill the beds, dancing to loud music, making out or drinking beer that Trey had his older brother get from a county over. This is what we do every weekend. The spot might be different, but the setup isn’t. Every road in town leads to an open dirt field. Tonight, we’re at the water tower. Tomorrow, might be the watering hole.
Welcome to Barrow, Texas, the small town with a population of 8,251. Susie and Mike Crow added that last one when they had a baby last week. Kase owns this town. He’ll never admit it because he hates it here. Hates the memories of his mom’s death and especially hates his dad.
Jerry Barrow, founder of Barrow Oil, which back in the day controlled the majority of the oil in the US, was Kase’s great-grandfather. The land this town sits on and every mineral right underneath it has been passed down from generation to generation and it ends with Kase. Jerry Jr. died from a heart attack after his mom passed away and left everything to Kase. His fortune is tied up in a trust fund until he’s twenty-eight with other stipulations no one knows about.
