Page 14 of April’s Fool

The moment the door closes behind Hazard, April glances my way. “You should go with him.”

“Why’s that?” I ask, watching her closely, noticing how she’s shutting down.

“Because I said you should,” she snaps, turns away, and starts moving toward her kitchen.

“Who was on the phone, April?” I snap out.

“As I said, no one,” she answers without turning around.

I wasn’t playing this game. No way in hell am I playing this shit with her. She’s not gonna shut down on me, not after how hot she got for me while my mouth was on hers.

Crossing the room to follow her, I trap her against the kitchen counter.

“Back off,” she snaps, her hands pressing against my chest.

“Who was on the phone?” I repeat, dipping my head to run my nose along her cheek.

“No one,” she breathes and rasps. “Are you going to leave?”

“I’m not going to leave,” I whisper into the shell of her ear. “No way am I leaving after just a taste of what we shared.”

“I can’t do that again.”

“Why?” I lift my head enough to look down at her.

“I just can’t,” April utters, shaking her head, not looking at me.

“Why’s that?” If it has to do with what’s going on with her here at school, I can wear her down.

“I just can’t, okay,” she suddenly shouts, shoving against me, but I don’t budge. I also don’t buy it.

“I’m not gonna ask again, April, and I’m not dropping it. So, you might as well answer the damn questions. Why the hell can’t you?”

“Because I’m a virgin,” she screams, shoves me again, this time pushing me just enough to slide out, and I let her.

A virgin?

There’s no fucking way. She’s gorgeous, beautiful beyond any other woman. Nevertheless, she’s a virgin.

She thinks she can’t continue what we started earlier because of this snippet? Or does she think she can’t do it because I’ll push her and take what she’s not ready for? If that’s the case, she’s going to have to learn. That’s not the type of man I am.

So fuckin’ what? She’s a virgin.

Means . . .

Fuck me, I know what it means. No one has ever gotten in there.

Means April’s untouched. She’s clean.

Purely innocent in every way.

And she’s gonna be mine.

All I need to do is simply make it so that she understands exactly what that means.

Chapter 9

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