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Rebel smoothed his hand over her hair. “I’m ready when you are.”
She tilted her head back and looked up at him. Rebel was staring at the ceiling, his expression relaxed. He must have sensed her staring at him because he looked over at her.
“I want my dad and your mom to know. I want everyone to know I love you, that you’re mine.” He kissed her on the forehead. “You make everything better, make me feel like I don’t hurt.” He smiled then. “You’re my very own painkiller, and I don’t want to ever lose you.”
What a thing to say.
She smiled and rested her head on his chest, feeling pretty damn lucky.
ChapterFourteen
Rosie felt Charleston staring at her, knew he wasn’t paying attention to one word she said, and her annoyance rose. She’d agreed to meet him at the library for an hour of tutoring.
She hadn’t told Rebel because she knew he’d be pissed, and it seemed this was all a waste of her time.
Sighing and pushing the book away, Rosie leaned back in the hard plastic chair and looked at Charleston. “Are you even taking this seriously?”
He lifted a brow and smirked, the expression on his face telling her he wasn’t. “Honestly?” he said, that damn smirk still on his face.
He was acting differently, not like the nice guy she’d met over the last couple of days. Was she such an idiot she could tell when someone was genuine? “Yeah, Charleston.”
He leaned toward and took her hand in his. She was so taken back that she froze. “No, I don’t give a shit about any of this.”
She knitted her brows. “Then why ask me to help you?” Pulling her hand free from his, she saw the dark mask that covered his face a second before he smiled again.
He reached for her hand, but she kept it in her lap. “I think we should keep this friendly.”
“Friendly? I thought I was being your friend.”
She wasn’t about to tell him he was bringing the creep factor to a whole new level.
“Don’t go. We barely even got here.”
“You’re not interested in this, and I don’t feel like wasting my time.” She exhaled and told herself to just be honest. “I don’t know if you thought this was something you could do to hook up with me, but I’m not going there.” Swallowing at the clear annoyance covering his face, she went on. “I have a boyfriend.”
He lifted a brow. “You mean your brother?”
She straightened. “He’s not my brother. His father just married my mother.”
He shrugged, that damn smile still on his face.
“But either way it’s none of your business.” She reached for her bag, not about to waste another minute. God, she was a fool for not listening to Rebel.
“I just want to spend time with you. I like you.”
“You don’t even know me.” She didn’t bother looking at him as she started putting all her stuff away. The library in the center of town was small, but it was pretty dead this time of day and they were in the back, a row of books blocking them from anyone that looked this way.
There was a big window across from them, and although there were a lot of people walking around outside, no one paid them attention.
“I know that I like what I see.”
Okay, this is getting weirder by the second.
Red flags were done sprouting up. Those fuckers were waving right in her face, all but screaming at her. “You’re not even acting like the same person that needed tutoring,” she said, wanting to appear calm even if she felt anything but. “I should probably go.” She stood, but when she turned to leave Charleston grabbed her arm in a firm, painful hold. “What are you doing?” she asked, shocked, not sure where this aggression was coming from.
“You know why I left my other school?”
She shook her head. “No, but I don’t care, nor do I want to know.” She tried pulling her hand away from him, but his hold tightened.
