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“Fine. You’re forgiven. Can I go back to the table now?”
My fists clench. “You’re so stubborn.”
“Well, I’ve been hurt many times in my life and I don’t tend to give second chances for people to hurt me again.”
“What will it take for you to believe me?” Our eyes lock and I step forward.
She tries to sidestep but ends up in a corner. “Once a liar, always a liar.” Her hands are splayed on the wall behind her.
“Believe me, I wanted to tell you. But I was afraid it would ruin what we had started. When I made that bet, I didn’t know you. How much I would fall head over heels for you. And since I never really had any intention of going through with the bet after sleeping with you… I don’t know. I guess I foolishly convinced myself it wasn’t that big a deal if I didn’t tell you.”
“Omission is still a lie.”
My hands fly out to my sides. “I was just a poor punk-ass kid who didn’t have a dime to his name. I made the bet to get my truck fixed, not knowing that I’d be entering my first real relationship that would matter to me. My decision-making was not stellar and if I had a crystal ball…”
Her face softens slightly, but it’s gone in an instant. “You hurt me and embarrassed me.”
I groan her name and lift my arms so that my palms are spread on the wall on either side of her face. I take my chances by stepping closer. “Please. You have no idea, all these years, how terrible I’ve felt. Forgive me and put me out of my misery.”
Our eyes lock and our shared space fills with tension. My gaze dips to her full lips, painted red, and my cock twitches as I remember how soft her lips were when we’d kiss.
She might still be pissed at me, but our bodies still react to each other the same way they did then.
The music vanishes from my awareness. All I hear is our breathing, and as she takes in a quick breath, her chest heaves. God, maybe Miles is right, because I want her forgiveness, but if she asked to go back to my place right now, I’d have her out the back door of this place and in a car before she could change her mind.
But even if she forgave me and even if I was in a place to pursue a relationship, we work together now. That would be completely unprofessional on both of our parts.
But the way she’s looking at me with heavy eyelids and her mouth slightly open is like a siren’s song. I lean in unconsciously.
Her tongue glides along her bottom lip and her head tilts back as our mouths inch closer to one another’s. My eyes drift closed moments before my lips will land on hers. I’ve waited so many years to taste her again and my dick stirs with anticipation. As I’m about to enter heaven, two hands land on my chest and shove me back.
My eyes snap open and Shayna slips under my arm, stomping away without a word.
Fuck, she doesn’t forgive me and I have a half-hard dick now. Things couldn’t get worse.
Eight
Shayna
The next morning, I wake up on Bryce’s lush couch with only a mild throb in my head.
I’m thankful. Given the amount of booze I drank last night, I’m surprised I didn’t throw up. But it was the only thing that kept me from spiraling after Lee confronted me in the hallway and we almost shared a kiss. Talk about my vagina being a traitor.
Women don’t want to kiss a man they hate.
Truth is, I’m more mad at myself than I am at him. Because that’s the kind of behavior I’d expect from the league’s top quarterback. I’m sure he’s used to getting what he wants when he wants it and never being denied. But I’m the one he screwed over and there should be no room for me to feel anything other than repulsion when I look at him.
If only that were the case.
“Good morning, sunshine.”
Bryce’s voice causes me to roll over. She’s sitting in the chair opposite me, reading on her iPad.
“You’re way too chipper for how late we were out last night.”
She chuckles. “I’m a morning person. I take it you’re not?”
I slowly pull myself into a seated position. “Not if I’ve been drinking. Thanks for letting me crash here by the way.”
