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“In Ancient Greece. She’s the goddess of beauty. Or love. Or maybe both. I don’t know. Or maybe she’s a Roman goddess? I’m not sure. They’re all basically the same with different names.” He shrugs. “But she’s really beautiful. I just can’t seem to get my words to come out right around you. What I said was supposed to be flirty. But I’m not good at all of this.”
We stop at the edge of the trees and I turn to face him. “I’m not good at this either. I’ve never had a boyfriend. And the one and only date I went on I had Hunter pick me up early from.”
Because my date tried to kill me.
But Griffin doesn’t need to know that.
“Who did you go on a date with?” Griffin asks.
I lower my head, groaning. “Please do not think any less of me when I tell you. I know it was a poor choice, Hunter reminds me all the time. I only went out with him because Hunter told me not to.”
He chuckles. “Okay, now I’m really curious.”
“It was Preston Lomax.” I cringe as I admit it.
Griffin stays quiet for a minute, then nods. “Don’t feel bad. Lots of girls fell for his charms.”
“I didn’t fall for his charms. Not really. I mean, I thought he was cute when we first met. But then he opened his mouth and ruined it. After I ditched him, within five minutes I might add, he texted me almost every day for two months straight. He can’t handle the word no.”
But now he’s locked up in some kind of super secure Spy School prison. To the rest of the world, he’s dead.
“I don’t get it,” Griffin says.
“Get what?”
He looks at me, shaking his head. “You’re just this perfect girl. And you’re seriously gorgeous. How do you not have a boyfriend?”
I tuck a piece of hair behind my ear. “I’m not perfect.”
“You should see yourself from my perspective. Because in my eyes, you’re as close to perfect as it gets.” He shakes his head.
I have no idea what to say tothat.
Does Griffin really think that highly of me?
“You don’t believe me, do you?” Griffin asks.
I shake my head. “Before I came to West Raven, boys never noticed me. My life is complicated. I don’t exactly have the best home life.”
“A lot of kids at school don’t. It’sboarding school. Good parents don’t typically send their kids away for high school,” he says. “The school year is a vacation for most parents.”
“What about you?”
“I’m the exception. My parents are pretty awesome.”
I’m jealous.
I worry my bottom lip between my teeth. “My mom had me when she was sixteen. She claims I ruined her life. And my dad never wanted anything to do with me, and he died when I was young. My stepdad… well, he almost hates me as much as my mother. So I don’t understand what you see in me. I’m not perfect, Griffin. Far from it. I’m complicated and way more work than I’m worth. If you understood that, you wouldn’t like me.”
He doesn’t say anything for quite a few seconds. But then he looks at me, shaking his head. “Whoever told you you’re not worth it lied.”
My heart skips a beat.
Griffin is a good guy.
Way too good for me to mess with his feelings.
“I think I’m going to head back to my dorm. I’m not feeling that good,” I tell Griffin.
