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“Don’t get any ideas. This isn’t me giving you an in. I’m not interested.”
“Got it.” He held up his hands. “Trust me, I got it.”
“Good.” My eyes saw a flash of black over Vin’s shoulders. Evan watched us from across the hallway, his jaw set. Dropping my eyes, I said, “I’ve got to get to class. See you around.”
“Yeah, sure thing.”
I pushed past Vin and made my way to class. Evan’s eyes burning holes in my back.
* * *
“What did he want?”Evan leaned in close, jealousy radiating off him.
“Nothing.” I sighed. We’d been through this once. I wasn’t about to do it again, not in the middle of math.
“Didn’t look like nothing. If he touched you—”
“You’ll what?” I shot him a sideways glare.
“Don’t be like that. I heard—”
My head jerked up, and I glowered at him. “You heard what?”
His mask was back in place. “Nothing, it doesn't matter.”
“You heard I was with Vin at the party?”
“Were you?”
Disbelief coursed through me, and I held Evan’s gaze for another second before facing the front again. After everything, he still didn’t trust me. He had been the one to insist that he didn’t want to go public because of the school gossip mill, yet here he was, believing every damn thing he heard.
He shuffled closer, his chair scraping across the floor and attracting the teacher’s attention. Evan paused and waited for him to get back to whatever it was he was doing and whispered, “I only care, Becca.”
Funny way of showing it.Evan cared so much that we were running around behind everyone’s backs and keeping this thing between us a secret. Lilly and Scarlett suspected something—they had right from the beginning—but it didn’t matter. Even though I didn’t like it one bit, I would play Evan’s game and deny everything… for now. Because what other choice did I have? I wanted him in a way I couldn’t explain.
But secrets didn’t stay hidden forever.
I ignored him for the remainder of class until, just before the bell, Evan leaned over and said, “Forgive me yet?” and I couldn't stop the smile tugging at my lips even if I’d wanted to.
* * *
“What’s going on with you?”Lilly studied me as we sat in the bumper cars opposite one another.
“Nothing, why?”
She tilted her head and shrugged. “I don’t know. You just seem different.”
“Being cornered by Vin will do that to a person.” Jay dropped down beside Lilly. “Am I right, babe?”
“Jay,” she scolded but quickly conceded as he leaned down and pressed a kiss to her lips.
“Hey, can I sit?” Vin hovered awkwardly, hands jammed into his jeans pockets.
“Go for it.” I motioned to an empty car, and he climbed in. “We’re cool, right, Becca?”
Jay stifled a laugh, and Lilly elbowed him. He grunted, doubling over in pain, and I snickered. “Yeah. We’re cool.”
“Seriously, you could’ve dragged that out for days. Weeks even. You’re far too forgiving, Becca,” Jay said.
