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“Only three more years and I can have a boyfriend.”
“Says who?” I countered, eyeing her.
“Our parents.”
“Over my dead body.”
“Christian! I’m allowed to be in love too!”
“At fifteen, you’re not going to be in love, Autumn.”
“Why not? You were.”
I jerked back from her response, realizing she was right.
For the rest of the day, I thought about Kinley until I suddenly found myself on her doorstep.
Taking my little sister’s advice.
—Kinley—
I opened the door. “Christian,” I breathlessly stated, at a loss for words. Instantly, I gazed into his blue-green eyes that always did things to me.
My heart fluttered, my stomach dropped, and my mouth parted the moment he greeted, “Hey, sweetness.”
I hid back a smile, unaware of how to proceed with him. Blurting, “What are you doing here?” instead.
He flinched from the sharp tone of my voice, not trying to hide his emotions, unlike me. Which had always been a consistent trait with Christian. He never tried hiding from me. Always showing me his true colors.
I didn’t know what to say. We’d barely spoken since my birthday, and when we did it was short and awkward. Neither one of us knew how to proceed. This was a first for both of us, and it was obvious with how we were acting with each other.
I didn’t want to lose him, but I didn’t want to lose Jax either, and it was unfair he expected me to choose.
I was allowed to have friends outside of him, and he needed to understand that if things were going to continue between us.
“I can’t stop thinking about you,” he expressed out of nowhere, warming my heart. “I’m sorry about your birthday, Kinley. That wasn’t supposed to happen.”
“I know.” I nodded, leaning against the doorframe. “I’m sorry too. I hate fighting with you. Especially over Jax. It’s so silly, Christian.”
“The last thing I want is to talk about Jax right now.”
“Then why are you here?” I asked in a detached tone.
“Come on.” He cocked his head to the side with a sly grin. “Who do you think you’re talking to?”
“What do you want me to say?”
“That you forgive me.”
I swallowed hard, taking in every last word that fell from his lips. By the expression on his face, he was being sincere.
“I love you, Kinley, and I don’t want to lose you. Especially to fucking Jax.”
“How many times do I have to tell you it’s not like that between us?”
“Then prove it to me.”
“How?”
