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“You’re wrong.” She says, and there’s a slight shake in her voice as she responds.
Dipping my head so it’s inches from her face, I whisper a challenge.
“Prove it.”
My breath hits the skin of her cheek and jolts her. Something shuts down inside her as reality comes barreling through the haze of lust.
She shakes her head repeatedly, vigorously, and takes a few steps back.
“You’re out of your mind, Mackley.”
My jaw tenses and my eyes narrow to slits at that name, my mood turning deathly black in an instant. I pull back, straightening every vertebrae in my spine until I stand at my tallest, giving her a cruel smile.
“When I finally get my hands on you, I’ll make you regret every untruth.” I growl through clenched teeth, “And I won’t stop until you scream my name.”
“That’ll never happen.”
“Don’t provoke me, love,” I tell her darkly.
She tuts, her tongue clicking against her teeth. “Why are you so stubbornly after me?”
“I fancy the challenge.”
“You’ll lose.”
“Maybe. We’ll see.” I answer, my deceptively carefree smile back in place. “But I never have.”
We stay in a silent standoff for the next couple of seconds, having no clear path of where to go next when Cass, one of Thayer’s teammates, runs up to us.
“Hey, Coach asked that you go to the office.”
I flick my gaze over to her, not missing the way her eyelashes flutter as she speaks to me. If Thayer’s irritated expression is anything to go by, she doesn’t miss it either.
“Which one of us?”
“Um, both of you.”
It’s Thayer’s turn to look at her now.
“Both of us? Why?”
“I’m not sure, but you should go. I saw you arguing and didn’t want to interrupt so they’ve been waiting for a bit.”
“That wasn’t an argument.” I tell her, looking back at Thayer. She avoids my gaze, tightening her ponytail instead.
“Oh. Right.” Cass says, her tone unsure as she laughs nervously. “What was it then?”
“Foreplay.”
As expected, that response has Thayer’s eyes snapping to meet mine. “Ignore him, Cass.” She says before walking off between the two of us, flipping me the bird as she does so, and heading towards the building.
I throw Cass a quick wink and watch her cheeks redden at my attention before I jog after Thayer. We walk silently next to each other for a few beats before she speaks again.
“I thought you were going to gloat.”
“What about?”
“Yesterday,” She says, looking at me out of the corner of her eye. “The game. Hawley. You were right.” She adds with a haughty sniff.
