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Barely does it feel like we’ve begun. Although, I was more focused on what he was doing than the story I was telling.
“Can’t your mother find a different way home? Maybe Pembroke? They could probably sneak in a quickie if they really wanted to.”
And here I didn’t think it was possible for anything to dampen my arousal.
Turns out I was wrong.
I shoot him a scowl before sliding off the side of the bed and rising to my feet. The sooner I get away from him, the easier it’ll be to clear my head.
And kick myself for allowing everything to spin so far out of control.
“What? It’s true,” he says with a chuckle.
“I don’t want to talk about it,” I grumble.
Thankfully, Austin will be back in school tomorrow and there won’t be a need for afternoon tutoring sessions at his house. I wait for a wave of relief to crash over me.
It doesn’t happen. If I’m being honest, there’s a fair amount of disappointment lurking within.
It’s a troublesome realization. I need to get out of here before I totally lose my mind.
With my backpack in hand, I head for the door. “I’ll see you at school tomorrow.”
“Actually, you’ll see me before then. I’m picking you up in the morning.”
My feet grind to a halt as I turn and stare, thrown off by the comment. “What?”
With his hands folded behind his head, he lays stretched out on the mattress as if he doesn’t have a care in the world.
“I’m pretty sure you heard me the first time.”
I shake my head. “No, I’ll grab a ride with—”
“It’s not up for discussion,” he says. “I want to see Jasper’s face when we arrive together.”
My heart sinks like a heavy stone. It’s not like I deluded myself into believing there was anything real between us, but…
I guess for a moment or two, I forgot that this is nothing more than a game of revenge. He wants to make Jasper pay.
And maybe he wants to make me pay, too.
I hate myself for the disappointment that wells inside me.
The words escape before I can stop them. “Is what happened really worth going to war over? Wouldn’t it be better to drop the entire thing and move on?”
One second, he’s lounging on the bed, the next he’s on his feet and stalking toward me with anger blazing from his eyes. Gone is all the softness that had been filling them when I’d been reading to him.
“No. That guy has fucked with me for the last time. I don’t give a shit if I get kicked out of Hawthorne Prep. As long as I take him down with me, that’s all that matters.”
My tongue darts out to dampen my lips. “Don’t you see that it’s not worth it? Jasper Morganisn’t worth it. You’re giving him way too much power.”
When he prowls closer, I retreat, wanting to keep as much distance between us as possible. It’s almost a surprise when myspine hits the far wall. He eats up the space until he can cage me in with his muscular body, looming so close that it becomes impossible to see anything but him. It’s as if my world shrinks down until it can only encompass Austin. Even when he steps away, I’m afraid that won’t change.
“It’s worth it to me.”
The way his warm breath wafts across my parted lips shouldn’t be so intoxicating. And it certainly shouldn’t weaken my knees or have me wanting to lean forward in search of more.
“I’m going to rub you in his face every chance I get,” he growls.
