AllFreeNovel
Share Us
You did.
I roll my lips to hide my smile.
“Anyway, I wanted to apologize for calling your house names.”
“Anything else you want to apologize for?”
“A lot, actually.” He shrugs. He tries to continue, but I cut him off.
“What else do you want to apologize for?”
“Aah.” He swallows a lump in his throat. “My . . .”
I widen my eyes as I wait.
“The way you told me to sleep with Mason?”
He winces. “Yeah . . . about that . . .”
“Yes?” I wait.
“That didn’t come out exactly right.”
“It didn’t?”
“No, it was just . . .” He shrugs.
“You’re terrible at apologizing, by the way.”
“I’m well aware.”
“Carry on,” I reply flatly. Acting tough is fun.
“I just don’t want a relationship, that’s all.”
“Okay, you could have just said that instead of trying to throw me to the wolves.”
He smirks at my analogy. “Mason is hardly a wolf. He’s more like a greyhound.”
“Jealous, are you?”
“Of him?” He screws up his face. “No.”
“Ha.” I tut as if I don’t believe him. Although his story is credible—Mason could totally be a greyhound.
We stare at each other some more as the air does that stupid thing between us, and I want to yell and scream and be a complete drama queen for him not falling madly in love with me because damn it, we have something.
But I won’t . . . I’m keeping my cards close to my chest from now on.
“I just wanted you to know that I would like us to be friends, seeing that we are neighbors,” he says with a soft smile.
It has been awkward around here with us ignoring each other.
“Okay.” I nod. “I agree. I would like that too.”
“Good.” He smiles as if proud of himself.
“Good.”
