Total pages in book: 88
Estimated words: 84247 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 421(@200wpm)___ 337(@250wpm)___ 281(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 84247 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 421(@200wpm)___ 337(@250wpm)___ 281(@300wpm)
I felt Law’s eyes on me, but I couldn’t look at him, couldn’t turn away from Callum, and then suddenly his gaze caught mine and held. There was something there, something I couldn’t fucking read, but I really wanted to know.
He gave me a small smile, then turned away.
“If it isn’t the three musketeers, back together again. Is it four now?” Griff asked.
“Maybe,” Josh replied.
Maybe? What did that mean? Was Callum going to start hanging out with them more? Not that he shouldn’t. Why the fuck not, but there was a question in the back of my head that I wasn’t proud of. What about us?
Josh leaned over the bar counter. “You miss me?” he teased Griff.
“No. Why would I miss you?”
“Aw, I’m crushed, Griffy. I thought we’d grown so close,” Josh countered, and everyone but me and Law chuckled.
“How was dinner?” Chase asked Kellan.
“Good. We spent the whole time talking about how much some men suck.” He blew a playful kiss at Chase. “Not you, of course.”
My pulse shot up at that. Had they spoken about me?
“It was nice to be there for Natalie,” Callum said, then risked a quick glance at me that didn’t hold. Was that his way of making sure I knew it wasn’t about me? Fuck, I’d never been the type to assume the world revolved around me, and I felt like shit that I was acting this way now.
“I can’t believe I got dumped,” Natalie said.
“His loss, sweets.” Kellan wrapped an arm around her.
“This is why my life is easier than y’all’s. Relationships make everything hard—not that kind of hard,” Josh said to Kellan, who had opened his mouth. “It’s why I just fuck my way through life.”
There were more chuckles, then a scoffing sound from Griff, but I wasn’t sure anyone noticed it.
Kellan said, “Callum and Josh are going to Richmond next weekend. We should go, Chase. I haven’t been dancing in a while.”
There was an unfamiliar buzzing in my ears, a rush of blood, a tightness in my chest. This unexpected feeling of possession made my fingers twitch to grab Callum and pull him to me, to tell him I wanted him to be mine.
Law’s hand came down on my shoulder in support. Callum’s blue gaze landed on me again as confusing thoughts and feelings twisted and turned in my head and chest. I had no right to feel this way. He should go wherever he wanted and sleep with whoever he wanted, but even the thought of it made me feel like I was cracking apart inside.
“I’m gonna head out. I’m not feeling so great.” I tossed some money on the bar and stood.
“Remy and I will go with you, make sure you get home okay.” They both went to stand as well, but I shook them off.
“Nah, I’m fine. I didn’t drink. Just feeling like I’m coming down with something.” It was weak of me, an easy way out, but I felt like my world was spinning and I couldn’t figure out which way was up or down.
I was jealous, that much was clear, but the tightness in my chest and the need in my bones hammered home that it was more than that, more than a kiss. I wanted Callum to be mine, wanted to touch him and explore him and walk into the bar with him laughing by my side.
The second I stepped outside, I sucked in a lungful of fresh air, and wondered if he would come after me, if I wanted him to. But I needed to think, needed to figure shit out because this, this changed everything. And there was still Logan to worry about on top of it.
I didn’t remember the drive home, but suddenly I was there, sitting on the couch with my hands in my hair, elbows on my knees, when there was a soft knock on the door.
My heart rate jumped and my hands shook because I knew it was him, knew that if I opened the door, nothing would be the same again.
Still, I pushed to my feet, took quick steps, grabbed the doorknob, tugged it open, and of course Callum was there, hands in his pockets, looking unsure. The tightness in my muscles began to loosen, the fog in my brain clearing.
“I’m sorry. I know I should have called first. I don’t even know if Logan is here and, shit—this was a bad idea. I’ll go.”
Callum went to turn away, but before I knew it, my hands were reaching out, landing on his hips and tugging him to me, and I was crushing his mouth beneath mine. Callum didn’t miss a beat, melting against me, opening his mouth for me, letting me dip my tongue inside. My whole body came alive, a lightning storm in my veins and fireworks behind my eyes.