I watch the muscles in his arms flex as he clenches his fists. It makes my mouth water.
Focus, B.
"There were drugs there."
The color drains out of his face, now matching his white knuckles.
"Jade came at me from a different room, so I don’t know if she was aware of it or not, but I saw them in the living room." All I can hear is my heartbeat. "I just thought you should know."
Kass nods, eyes fixated on the rug beneath his feet.
"Thank you for going to get her."
"Of course."
"Who was the guy in the car?"
"That was Bear. He's a friend."
"Just a friend?"
"He's dating my best friend, Iris. You met her."
"Mmmm, yeah. The one that lives in the apartment above you."
"That's the one. We were in St. Paul, and an Uber back to our apartment is spendy at bar close from all the way over there. Bear was planning to be the sober driver. Thank god."
"Are you...?"
"I'm sober now. But I wasn't good to drive when I first got the call. This whole series of events has been quite sobering."
He seems deep in thought, like his mind is somewhere else, while his body is mere feet from mine. I check the time on my phone. Shit, it's already 1:30. I open my mouth to tell him I'm going to call a ride to head home, but he beats me to it.
"I can give you a ride home...if you'd like."
"You probably shouldn't leave Clover here alone."
"Right. Right. Sorry, I'm not in my right mind. The whole Clover thing was a lot, and now having you here... Uh, it's like the universe is testing my last nerve."
I unlock my phone. "I'm gonna call a ride."
"No."
I stop what I'm doing, though my mind is telling my fingers to keep going.
"Stay. Please."
The desire in his voice is enough to make a person weak in the knees, but the way his eyes plead with mine is threatening to be my undoing.
"I can't."
"Can't or won't."
"Does it matter?"
"It’s really late. Please just stay here for the night."
Ireallyshouldn't, but I'm only human, and there's only so many times I can turn this man down. He has a way of being very convincing.
