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rub
across my bottom one. I shiver as my whole body reacts to him. His
lips slightly part and I so badly want to lick them. I want to
taste him. Softly shaking my head, I pull back from him. My
thoughts are all over the place right now.
    Theron smiles at me, and I'm sure it is mostly
from pity. He stands and saunters towards the kitchen. I turn my
head to follow him. His body is so incredibly sexy. His pants are
hanging so perfectly off of him. I can't help but ogle his form as
I watch him move about the kitchen opening cabinets and moving
things around.
    "Oh, and Eve, the next time you lick your lips
like that at me, I won't hold back. No matter where we are or what
is happening, I will kiss you. I will consume every bit of your
sexy mouth, and mark those lips as mine. We clear?"
    What? I'm so glad he still has his back to me.
My mouth is hanging open and I'm completely caught off guard. Mark
me? Who says that and why was it so incredibly hot? I clear my
throat. "Um, we're clear." I'm not sure what to do or say. I have
the sudden urge to move around since a girl can only squeeze her
thighs together so tight.
    "Well, I'm glad we got that cleared up and out
of the way. Here’s your coffee. Oh, and thank you for the
compliment on my eyes. I'm going to take a shower. I'll be back in
a bit to check on you."
    Finishing my coffee, I start to burrow back
under the blankets when I hear a chirping sound coming from my
purse. I reach over and grab it off the ottoman. Pulling out my
phone, I unlock it. Seventeen missed text messages, seven missed
phone calls, and only three voicemails. I take a deep breath and
play the first voicemail.
    It's from Kayla. "Hey, Eve. I'm with Paul. I
stopped by our place and grabbed some more clothes. I had a few
over at his place, but I knew I would need more. You weren't there.
I called your mom and you weren't there either. Where are you? You
have me worried. Call me" I hit delete. I'll text her back, when
I'm done checking my messages.
    I play the next message. "Eve, its Mom. I'm
worried about you sweetie. Dad broke the news to me. He said your
boyfriend Theron called us. I know dad would have rather have heard
it from you, but I understand you were probably upset. I didn't
even know you had a boyfriend, honey. I don’t know. I guess I just
always pictured you settling down with Matt. Oh, honey, I'm sorry.
I'm not even thinking. Please, just call us back. We love you." I
press delete. My boyfriend? Where does she get that he's my
boyfriend? And Matt? She pictured me with Matt. I start crying
again. I can't do this. I feel like I can't breathe. How do people
live with this kind of gutting pain? Taking a deep breath, I play
the next message.
    Shit, it's from my brother. "So, this sucks.
I'm so sorry, Eve. Listen, I've been up most of the night. I
cleared my schedule and I bought a morning flight at eleven my
time. I should be there tomorrow as long as everything goes as
planned. Shit, I guess I mean tonight. It's already two in the
morning here. I'm going to be staying at mom’s house. Who’s this
guy Eve? I know he's not your boyfriend, you would have told me. We
may not see each other, but we talk enough. I hope you know what
you are doing. I don’t feel safe with this guy you hardly know
taking care of you and making decisions for you. I spoke to mom and
she's convinced he's your boyfriend. I don’t know, kid. I just
don't know. Text me later. I'll probably be midflight by the time
you get this. Get some rest and I'll see you as soon as I can. Love
you, butthead."
    I delete his message. How am I supposed to
explain Theron? I scroll through my other text messages. Most of
them are from mutual friends of Matt's and mine. I respond to
Anne's text and let her know I'll inform her with any new info I
get. Thankfully Anne let Sharon know I'll be out the office today
and next week. I text Kayla and let her know I'm okay, I had a
break down after she left the hospital, and Theron is going to get
me to my