Take What You Want Tidbits Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Suffer in Silence

Excerpt . . .

My life is stupid.

As I sit in French, Edward’s words from the previous morning roll through my mind. “I just want you to remember that you did this, all right?”

He sits across from me, freshly showered, wearing cologne – at school, mind you – and biting into a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie. The chocolate falls away from the cookie as it breaks and drapes itself on Edward’s thumb and forefinger. He looks straight at me as he wraps his lips around his thumb and sucks the melted goodness from it.

Gah!

I shake my head and return my eyes to my textbook, trying to follow along with Ms. Benson’s lesson. I’m complete fail, though, as Edward’s thrusting his finger in my face asking me to lick it with a simple, “You know you want to.” As I shake my head, thwarting his advances, Alice giggles behind me.

I snap my head to see she and Jasper are outwardly laughing at my expense. Awesome.

I make it through French relatively unscathed, though certifiably left wanting.

Edward walks behind me on the way to my locker. He says nothing, but I can feel his eyes all over me. Dammit, this is hard. I just want to kiss him already.

A tinkling sound catches my attention, and when I look down to see what it is, Edward’s at my feet with a pen in hand. Apparently, he dropped it. He drags it up my calf and thigh, his eyes on mine as he goes. I lean back against my locker, mouth agape like a fish.

With one hand braced on my locker, Edward says, “All you have to do is give me the say so, and I kiss you right now. We could ditch our next class too. If you want . . .”

He leans in inhaling, while I exhale. Oh, man . . .

Edward kisses my cheek and chuckles. He walks away with a smug look on his face as though he’s winning. What? I don’t know. But I should have known that he’d still be playing games. Edward’s whole life is a game. And now I’m a part of it. Grr!

Edward's sheets . . . ha ha ha!