Alexia Eden(26)

“Thank you Jax, don’t know what I would do without you.” I say as I yawn.

“Pleasure babe, I think it’s time for you to go to bed now.” he starts to get up.

“No, please just stay a lil’ while please? Just until I fall asleep?” I say as I pull his arm back to the bed. He smiles at me and nods. He opens the covers for us and I slip in, he pulls me into him so my back is against his chest and my head is resting on his one arm. The warmth from his body quickly comforts me. I know he’s not my boyfriend and this is definitely more intimate than just friendship but I don’t want to be alone and I feel safe in his strong arms.

His hand comes around my waist and laces his fingers with mine; I grab his other hand from the arm that my head rests on and lace my fingers with his. I feel a shudder come from his body and I smile. His head is near my neck and I can feel him breathing on my neck giving me Goosebumps.

He kisses my neck, I’m not sure what to do, and that wasn’t a friendly kiss at all. I act as if I'm sleeping and don’t respond to his kiss.

“Goodnight my Lexi, I love you,” he whispers against my neck and kisses my neck again squeezing me into him.

Why does this feel right? Like I should be here? It feels good, like he wants me as much as I want him. I can’t think this, I have Drake now … I can’t lose them both.

Finally I fall asleep as I hear the words whispered in my ears, “Baby you may be Drakes girlfriend now but you will always be mine, don’t forget that…”





CHAPTER 12:

I wake up alone but the bed is still warm behind me, Jax obviously just left, I cuddle the pillow and smell the musky mint smell of Jax, he always smells so fresh. I’m not sure if I dreamt the words that Jax whispered in my ear last night and I’m not sure if I mind either way, my feelings for Jax seem complicated especially now that Drake and I are a couple, the only thing I know for certain is I need them both.

Georgina is still asleep, I lazily get out of bed putting my hair in a messy bun and I walk to the kitchen. Looking in the fridge I see that it's empty, apart from beer, great. I decide to take a shower and a drive to get some groceries.

When dad passed away, the lawyer told me that he had left me quite a large sum of money, the lawyer was aware of what my mother was going through with the drugs and he informed me that I should keep my bank account, that he opened up for me, a secret in case Georgina decides to spend all the money to support her addiction. I didn’t understand how she didn’t know that dad had left me the money but I guess she was so high all the time it just didn’t register.

So I decided that I would keep the money a secret and help mom when I needed to. She never did ask me where I got money from and sometimes I thought she knew it was from dad but she never mentioned anything. Dad left me quite a lot of money, I didn’t have access to all of it until I was twenty one though, dad’s lawyer arranged that I could get some money each month that I would be able to use if I should need anything but that still meant I couldn’t use the money in my account for college because I’ll be eighteen when I leave school, giving me three years till I was able to use my inheritance, so I needed to get a scholarship in the meantime.

I drove further than I expected and ended up in another small town that had a rather large grocery store, bigger than the one in our small town.

Walking down the aisles getting groceries as I go, I hear my name being called so I turn around and look in the direction.

An older lady down the aisle is waving to the lady that is standing next to me obviously we share the same name. I don’t see her face I just see her long dark hair that is as wild looking as mine is and she is relatively tall. She turns to look at me staring at her and I blush.

“Sorry, I thought someone called me, my name is Alexia.” I explain to her.

Her face looks so familiar, she looks at me like she recognizes me and I see shock on her face as her eyes widen. “Did you by any chance know James Eden?” she asks as she looks at my face as if she is trying to remember who I look like.

“Oh yes, he was my dad …how did you know?” I ask her.

She smiles at me and tears start falling down her cheeks as she pulls me in for a hug, realization hits me...that’s why she looked so familiar, she looked like my father.

“You’re his sister? I’m named after you…” I trail off as she loosens her hold on me and wipes the tears from her face.

“I know, I don’t really go by the name Alexia or Alexandria anymore though, everyone else calls me Alex. I’ve been in contact with James throughout your childhood, your father is so happy and proud of you.” She says keeping her eyes on me, I notice how she uses present tense but I don’t correct her.