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In fact, it felt like the opposite.
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Sloane
“We’re not staying very long.” I didn’t want to come at all really, but Bru convinced me otherwise about the pizza night tonight.
He’d called me a lame-ass, and after nearly punching him out cold, I decided to get up and go. I didn’t want to go, God did I not want to, and I told my brother that all the way over to Ares’s house. We’d just gotten to his wrought-iron gate, and after pulling in front of the house, my brother turned off his Audi.
He scoffed. “We’re going to leave when we’re both ready.” Since that wasn’t our deal, I frowned, and his eyes lifted. “What’s your problem? I thought you and Mallick were cool.”
We had been cool until he’d gotten all weird at lunch. I shook my head. “I’m not staying long.”
“Well, then your ass is calling a ride share.” Bru got out of his car, and I growled. Our vehicle wasn’t the only one in front of Ares’s big-ass house. I noticed Dorian’s ride and Thatcher’s and Wells’s too.
Ares’s Hummer wasn’t there, but I assumed he’d parked in the garage since this was his house. I caught up to my brother on the home’s steps. “Bruno, I’m not joking.”
“And I’m not joking about your butt finding a ride.” He sighed. “Just chill for one goddamn night. Odds are, you and Dorian will be all over each other anyway.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“What doesn’t it mean?” His eyebrows wagged. “Ever since he got you all mushy on the football field, you guys have been inseparable.”
He may be right about that, but that’d been before our last night together.
The pressure from that moment was still there, and I hoped we could all just hang out tonight. I wanted to commit to Dorian…
I loved Dorian.
I’d stupidly managed to fall for the dark prince, but my head was telling me another thing. I physically couldn’t tell him what he needed to hear like something inside me was tugging me back. I was on a tether, and Dorian Prinze was the goal just out of reach.
I braced my arms. “I’m here for Bow too. She’s my friend.”
“Oh, I’m sure of it.” Bru came down a step. “But dare I say, she might be pretty lonely tonight? I’m sure Dorian will have all your attention.”
My lips closed.
Bru arched an eyebrow. “If I didn’t know any better, sis, I’d say you were in love with Dorian Prinze.”
He mussed my hair like an asshole, and I stayed back. I wondered if he wasn’t the only one having these thoughts.
I wondered if it was that obvious. I wondered if I wore it all over me as deep as it was felt.
I hoped I didn’t. Because even though Dorian was practicing patience, he might not for long, knowing I really truly did feel the same way. I couldn’t ever see him pressure me, but that wasn’t what scared me. What if he gave me another ultimatum?
And what if this time he meant it?
“Sup, kid?”
The door was open, Ares Mallick standing at it. My brother must have knocked because currently he tapped the fist of his teammate.
It was always weird seeing the boys out of their academy uniforms, Ares in a T-shirt and jeans. I’d obviously seen him up to his elbows in paint, but casual Ares jarred me. It was like those days we used to work together. We’d had so much fun, but that seemed like so long ago.
This seemed even more the case considering the way he’d treated me at lunch. I took a step, and he appraised my jeans and hoodie. Actually, he focused on me for a good long second, a frown pinching his lips. He hiked an arm against the doorframe. “Last to arrive, little. Any reason for that?”
I wanted to take my high-top and literally shove it down his throat for that. He obviously was still going through his PMS. I started to say something, but my brother got in front of me. “We both took a while getting ready. Sorry.”
He lied for me, but since this was my fault, I stayed quiet.
