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“At least admit you want me too.” I ask her. “Like before, in the elevator. Leave one truth here with me before you go.”
I swear I can hear her heart beating out of her chest from where I’m standing. My own is slamming against my rib cage so mercilessly, I think if I looked down I might see my skin move with its rhythm.
She thinks about it, hesitating on the same razor’s edge of a cliff we’ve been on for weeks, unsure which way to go.
Finally, she asks, “You’ll let me leave?”
My eyes gleam and my nostrils flare at her question. “Yes.”
She nods and swallows thickly, acquiescing my answer. When she speaks, the words are said so softly I almost miss them.
“Then yes,” She says, yanking the door open and pausing before looking back at me. “I want you too.”
She leaves as soon as the words are out, closing the door with a softclickbehind her.
23
Rhys
I wait ten minutes then put on a shirt and go downstairs to the kitchen. It’s a full house with Rogue and Phoenix facing down Thayer and that asshole she calls her boyfriend.
Rogue has his finger casually curled around Bellamy’s jean loop as she stands just off to the side from him.
“Ah, there you are.”
I don’t acknowledge Carter as I walk in, not even when he says those words directed at me.
I go to the kitchen, grab some freshly squeezed orange juice and drink a few gulps straight from the bottle.
“Good of you to join us.” Rogue drawls, throwing me a brooding look. “We were just getting to know Carter, Thayer’s boyfriend.”
“I see that.”
“It’s nice to meet you, dude.” Carter says, throwing me a chin tip from across the room.
I notice that Thayer stands a few feet away from him, making sure not to touch him.
Good girl.
“Likewise.” I bite out through a clenched jaw.
Thayer stares at me from across the room, an agitated look on her face.
But she doesn’t look away from me, boldly staring me down while she stands less than five feet from her boyfriend.
That look reveals both the hunger she has for me and also her deep indecision. Her eyes slowly pivot to Carter’s back as he continues chatting to an aloof looking Phoenix.
An expression that I can’t read, that I wish I knew how to read, crosses her face. I can’t tell if it’s a good sign for me or not.
If it were up to me, I’d throw her over my shoulder, take her to the next room and fuck her within earshot of her ex so he knows exactly who she belongs to.
Instead, I’m gnashing my teeth together so hard I’m grinding the top layer of enamel off of them, my fists are clenched beneath my crossed arms, and I’m standing so tensely, rigid cords are forming in my neck from the pressure it’s taking to restrain myself.
Bellamy throws me a ‘get your shit together’ look before clearing her throat.
“Thayer.” She calls, when the throat clearing doesn’t get her attention. “I think it’s time for us to go and get ready, don’t you?”
“Oh, yeah.” Thayer answers, snapping out of whatever thoughts were swirling around her brain. “Yeah, it’s getting late.”
