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They know how you think. They know all your secrets. They know what will hurt you the most.
Fox hasn’t known me for ten years, but he still understands how to cut me deepest. Except this time he’s the one pushing me down in the dirt, not the one kissing my scraped knees.
I exhale and switch positions. Even if he was fine ignoring me for so long, I don’t think I could ever do the same to him.
At first all he did was ice me out throughout junior year to push me away. I thought we would make it all the way to graduation like that, but then the party happened. After that, he’s been everywhere, around every corner, always watching me.
A switch flipped and I finally have his attention—just not in the way I expected.
Fuck, little daisy. You’ve grown up.
The memory of his deep growl against my flushed skin makes me gasp and lose my balance from tree pose. I plant my feet on the floor and cover my face against the wave of heat traveling down my spine, thighs clenching.
Belatedly, Sam pops into my head. That should speak for itself that it took me this long to think of him. Pursing my lips, I tilt my head to the side. It’s not like we’re officially together, but it doesn’t make me feel great that I was ready to kiss someone else before the guy who wants to be my boyfriend has kissed me, even if Sam doesn’t get my heart racing like Fox does.
With his hypnotizing stormy gaze, his sharp jaw, mysterious tattoos, and those muscles he steals my breath. I can’t deny that I’m attracted to him. My stomach twists in excitement, a coil of desire thrumming in my blood. His hands felt so rough on my neck and I liked it. He doesn’t ask for what I want, he just takes unapologetically.
Heaving a sigh, I nod. It’s time to be honest with Sam. It was never going to work out with us. He was a distraction that didn’t even work. I shouldn’t have used him.
I grab my phone, then hesitate. “Can’t text him. That’s too shitty. Ugh, phone call it is. This is going to suck.”
My eyes close as the phone rings. He picks up.
“Hey, beautiful. This is a surprise. Did you miss me?” The flirtatious tone makes me frown.
“Uh, hey. Listen… Man, this is awkward, but I don’t want to hold out on you.”
“What is it?”
“I don’t think it’s going to work out between us.” I chew on my lip, willing him to get it. “Like dating. I just wanted to be honest with you that I wasn’t feeling it.”
Sam lets out a sharp laugh. “Wow, you really know how to let a guy down easy.”
I hate the swirl of guilt.
r /> “This is probably a bad time to tell you I had a sweet date night planned for us this weekend. I already cleared it with your dad.”
I blink. That was news to me.
Ugh.
Who the hell does that?
My parents eat it up. They’re obsessed with Sam. This is exactly why he doesn’t fit who I am. I know I’m making the right choice by stopping this before it goes too far. We haven’t even kissed, though not for lack of trying to get into my pants on his part.
Who I date can’t be a decision I make based on what makes my parents happy. My heart needs to be happy.
“Yeah, sorry dude. That’s totally not happening.”
“You’d really sleep on all this?”
The phone vibrates and I pull it back to find a photo of his shirt pulled off and his basketball shorts sitting low. I lift a brow. Yeah, nothing. Not a flutter, not a tickle, not a swoop. He does absolutely nothing for me.
“Um, yeah I guess I am. It frees you up to find someone who will appreciate, uh…all that.”
Sam laughs again. “Damn, girl. I’m trying to keep you and you’re already setting me up with someone else.”
“Look, it’s not really you, it’s—”
