Tangled Love

I felt warm lips meet with my forehead and stirred in my sleep, feeling extremely uncomfortable. My back ached from the position I was in and I groaned quietly opening one eye. The room was dark and it took me a few seconds to register I was in the living room. Jake was sprawled out on the couch, his hair a total mess.

I jumped off the arm chair and felt my legs wobble a little from my sudden movement.

“Careful, Muffin.” Jake chuckles quietly. I narrow my eye's at him and sit back down on the arm chair, my body protests in pain.

"Where did you go, Jake?" I ask, groaning from the slightest movement.

"Here and there," Jake replies vaguely, sitting up. He stretches his arms out and places them behind his head casually. I glare at him and he holds his hands up in surrender —

"I had a work thing with a few buddies, okay?"

police decided to show up." I said quietly. His eyebrows raised and he sat up straighter, intrigued. "The police? What did

mum gave us an alibi."

on the couch, staring up at the ceiling. He let out a low breath, a wide smile

that tomorrow but damn, she's a

around his neck. His scent was like a comfort to me and I didn't bother hiding the fact that I was inhaling his scent deeply. Jake didn't seemed to mind and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me in tighter. He

whispers gratefully and I mumble a response, letting him

tells me the ride isn't over yet. .

"Jake?"

Emily?"

man who chased me in the park is the police officer who showed up here tonight." I reveal, unable

Jake asks his brows shooting up. I nod

Jake's lap. He pauses, freezing underneath me. I feel his warm fingers grasp hold of my chin