Heat novel Chapter 15

Ashley arrived at home after her little date with Jay. Today seemed a bit off and Ashley couldn’t seem to brush it off. Before she had exited Jay’s car, she asked him if he was free to have one of those late-night calls they used to have but he quickly said that he was busy tonight, but the way he said it made Ashley a bit suspicious but she left it alone and exited the car. 

As she entered the house, she was greeted with silence. “Hello, is anyone home?” She called out, but there was no reply. Ashley made her way upstairs as she stood in front of Jake’s bedroom door. “Jake, are you in there?” She asked while knocking on his door until he finally opened it with an annoyed look on his face. “What?” He asked, sounding as though he just woke up. 

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up, I thought the house was empty,” she said as Jake stood there with a blank look. “Okay, is that all?” He asked as Ashley stood there awkwardly not knowing what to do. “Uh, yeah,” she replied, earning a door in her face, leaving her dumbfounded. 

Ashley silently walked towards her room, where she entered, and immediately plop down on her bed. She stared at the ceiling wondering if Jake was still mad at what happened earlier, she didn’t understand why Jake hated Jay so much, but what she didn’t understand was Anna’s sudden change of attitude. 

The last time she remembered Anna saying that she couldn’t stand her cousin and know she literally following her around like a lost puppy and not to mention, what had happened when she showed up this morning, she was drooling over Jake, which confused the hell out of Ashley because the last time Anna was over to her house, she looked like she could’ve killed Jake.

Ashley found herself overthinking to the point where she had fallen asleep. 

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Jake lay back down in his bed as his peaceful slumber was interrupted by Ashley. Just seeing her face made him remembered what happened when she left with Jay and that just pissed him off all over again. After Jay drove off, Jake went back into the house to release some stress by smoking. After almost covering his entire room with smoke, he fell asleep until Ashley came and ruined it. 

Jake sighed loudly before a familiar ping caught his attention. He reached for his phone that was underneath the covers. It seems that Tatiana had sent him a text. 

“Hey, Jake, are you coming to my party tonight, I hope to see you,” she texted as Jake rolled his eyes, “Hey, Tati, yeah I’m ma swing by your party,” he replied as the bubbles on the screen appeared almost immediately, “Yay, see you then, Jakey,” she replied as Jake’s nose scrunch at the sudden nickname before tossing his phone. He plopped down on his bed as a sigh left his lips.

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Tatiana watched the text and smirk. It’s showtime, she thought before towards her friends, “Is everything ready for tonight?” She asked as they nodded, “Yup, but I don’t see why you’re doing this, especially to your cousin?” One of her friends asked, “Well, both of them think they can get what’s mine and that’s not the case,” she said as the same friend frowned, “But that Ashley girl, doesn’t even like Jake,” she said as Tatiana scoffed, “Duh, I know that but she’s trying to take Jay and I’m having it,” she said as all of her rolled their eyes with an expression that said, “Here we go again.” 

“Tatiana, you and Jay broke up 6 months ago,” she said as Tatiana started getting annoyed, “Why do you care anyway, all you guys have to do is host this dump party and make sure everyone is here,” she said getting irritated with her friends, “Whatever,” they said before walking away.

Tatiana took a deep breath before heading upstairs to talk with her cousin. As she reached upstairs, she wasted no time in entering through her door to find Anna pacing nervously. “Woah, whats’s wrong with you?” She asked followed by a chuckle, “I can’t do this, Tatiana,” Anna said as Tatiana furrowed, “What do you mean, you can’t, you want Jake, don’t you?” She asked as Anna sighed, “Yeah, but this is my best friend,” she said as Tatiana rolled her eyes, “F**k her!” She exclaimed, “She’ll never forgive me,” Anna mumbled before taking a seat beside Tatiana on the bed, “Who cares, you’ll have me, we’re blood-related and blood is much thicker,” she said before pulling Anna into a hug, but behind her back Tatiana was smiling wickedly, “Thanks, Tati,” Anna mumbled, “No problem, cuz.”

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Jake was currently on his way to Tatiana’s party, but before he did so, he went to check on Ashley, who was sound asleep. A soft smile made its way to Jake’s lips before he left the house.

As he arrived at Tatiana’s place, he was stunned to see so many people. As Jake entered the party, he caught the eyes of many girls, who winked, seductively waved, and sweetly smiled at him. Jake walked further into the party until he saw Jay surrounded by a group of other girls, which made Jake smirk before walking in their directions. 

“Well isn’t it the man-whore,” Jake said catching their attention as Jay gulped before smirking, “That’s funny because you’re no better than me, Jake,” Jay said as Jake chuckled, “Well, at least I don’t take b**ches on fake dates just to tell them I wanna f**k,” Jake said as the girls around Jay gasped before walking away from him.