Friend or Foe ?

Getting out of Jack’s car, I had only just notice how extravagant the houses…no the mansions in the northwest were! I was too busy trying to keep calm in the car to look out the window but now, the full view of his house was mind blowing. The castle - like mansion was white, three floors high and surrounded by vast amounts of grass covered land.

“Emma?” Jack’s deep sexy voice snapped me out of my trance of admiration over something he so casually calls home. I blink and start to follow Jack up the beautiful stone pathway, boarded by nicely trimmed flowers of all kind.

When we entered his room, almost three times as big as mine with a walk in wardrobe and bathroom, opposite to the king- sized bed. His room was painted blue and black, but still kept the light from his huge windows taking up the whole wall on the far side.

Jack walked over to his bed and sat down, rubbing the space next to him suggesting that I sat there. Instead I went to his desk and set up the books needed to teach this monkey some English but I was stopped by his sexy chuckle at my stubbornness. It went quiet for a moment until Jack was standing behind me and I stiffened.

He lent down, his lips brushing against my ear “Just relax, I’m not going to bite” he whispered with a smile spreading across his face as he reached over me to grab the poetry book, sending shivers all over my body. I turned my head away trying to control the heat rushing to my cheeks, but I only stiffened more. He gripped my shoulder and I jumped from the chair, anger and fear both rushing through me as I turned and faced him.

“Emma? ..” his face had gone from handsomely joyful to hurt, but still making him look sexy which only angered me more.

“Just because I was forced to tutor you doesn’t mean we’re friends and definitely doesn’t mean you can just willingly touch me whenever you want..” he lifted his hands into defensive position and took a step forward but I only responded by lifting my hand signalling him to stop and took a step back to widen the space between us. He looked even more upset, and I began to regret what I was saying, but I had to because I couldn’t have anyone get close to me, not again. I closed my eyes to suppress the tears.

“I will only tutor you if stay…” I was cut off by Jack grasping my bruised wrist tightly causing me to wince. I opened my eyes and was shocked as I stared into his eyes, which were now filled with anger.

“WHAT IS THIS?” he shouted, mostly concern wrapped around his words whilst pointing to the old scars, covered by the fresh ones on my hand. I cowered in fear as now I couldn’t see Jack, but Simon in front of me and my instincts just took over. I started to cry and beg for my release as my body shrunk to protect my body from any attack.

-Jack’s P.O.V-

I could feel her tensing beneath me and it saddened me that she still didn’t trust me so I reached out and put my hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her but she jumped away from me and seemed even more scared. I mentally kicked myself for the fear I saw in her eyes, I never wanted to see that again.

“Just because I was forced to tutor you doesn’t mean we’re friends and definitely doesn’t mean you can just willingly touch me whenever you want..” her words were like a knife to my heart, she was right she was forced to be here with me but I don’t care, I had never felt this way about anyone before. I put my hands up in a defensive way as my eyes mirrored the pain I was feeling from her words, and I stepped forward, I just wanted to cage her in my arms and keep her in my protection forever. To show her that everything was alright.

Her hand flew up as she stepped back, stopping me in my tracks and closed her eyes. Tears started to blur my vision but stopped when I zoomed in on her hands. They were covered in scars, both old ones and fresh ones and I lost control of my body, I wanted to know who had caused these, who had damaged what is mine.

I ran to her and grabbed her hand and pulled it closer to me so I could examine it closer. “WHAT IS THIS?” I didn’t mean to shout but I want to know so I could kill whoever the bastard was!

Her eyes were tearing up as she looked at me with pure fear and her eyes darkened. I snapped out of my anger as she started to shrink towards the floor and cried for me to let her go. I released her arm, but before she could hit the floor I wrapped my arms around her waist and sat her on my lap. She started to hit and push me away, but she belonged in my arms.

“I’m sorry, I’m so so sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you, I’m sorry” I tried to apologise because it killed me to see her like this. She stopped hitting me as I cradled her closer, her head fell and rested on my shoulder and her unsteady warm breathing hit my neck.

After sitting like this for a while, she started to calm down and her crying turned into a whimper. If I thought she couldn’t be more attractive and it made me think back to her warning me about never touching her again but I will always touch her, because she’s mine!

Just holding her petite body close to mine had my body acting on its own and I could feel myself getting hard. I heard her let out a small giggle, so cute and sexy. She lifted her head up and stared at me with her puffy red eyes. “Maybe you should sort that out” I followed her eyes down to my pants. I blushed and got up, with her still in my arms. I didn’t want to let go, but I could see I was making her uncomfortable.

“Erm…I’m just going to get a shower…just start on the work I’ll come in a sec.” I ran into the bathroom and turned the shower on cold and let it run over my body, but I couldn’t stop thinking about her, about her in my arms.

-Emma’s P.O.V-

Jack had been in the shower for a while and every time I thought about being close to him I blushed. When we were cuddling I couldn’t resist noticing that he smelt like lavender and the warmth from his body wrapped around my body, comforted me. While he held me, just for a moment, I had forgotten everything bad happened in my life. Jack has been the second person I thought I could let my guard down to, but I can’t because if he gets too close he will find out about what Simon does to me and I know he will be disgusted and never want to see me again.

Just the thought of not being close to Jack made my eyes start to water, and what’s more is that if Simon thinks I’m getting close to Jack, he will harm us both. But I held the tears back and repeated in my head its fine Emma, just stay away and no-one will be harmed! Not again….

I was ripped from my thoughts as Jack walked back into the room…topless!!! A drop of water fell from his sexy wet brown hair and down his perfectly chiselled abs and through his snail trail then absorbed into the towel tied low on his waist. I swallowed the lust away and bit my lip as my eyes started to travel back up, until my eyes met his. He was looking at me and I blushed.

“Like what you see?” He raised his eyebrow.

“pushhhh, w…what? No….? I turned my head away from the awkwardness and heat filled my cheeks.

Jack chuckled as he rustled though his walk in wardrobe before re-appearing fully dressed and I sighed with disappointment. Wow, what’s happening? I can’t think this way!

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