So, if kissing and getting lost in each other helps us get rid of the pain for a little while, then I’ll be damned if I stop this.
As his tongue invades my mouth, I hear a gasp from somewhere in my room. I slowly pull away from him, thinking it’s Amelia. His eyes are closed. Looking over to my door, I sit up straight when I see her.
Harper.
She stares at Leonidas in shock.
When his eyes land on her, he shoots up in panic, and his body tenses as she screams out in excitement.
What the hell?
THIRTY-FIVE
TRINITY
Leonidas’s eyes are wide with panic.
Harper’s screams fill the room as he jumps up from the bed, placing his hand out in a frenzy.
Why is he telling her not to talk? And why the hell is my best friend screaming over my boyfriend?
“Holy shit, Trinity! Were you just in bed with—” she exclaims, red-faced, but Leonidas cuts in.
“Please don’t!” he yells and sends her a look.
I sit up on my knees and eye the two. “Harper, why are you freaking out over my boyfriend?”
I watch as she bounces up and down in excitement. “Who wouldn’t be excited when the one and only L—” she exclaims, but Leonidas interrupts her again, frustrated.
“Shut up, will you?!”
I look over at him, questions written all over my face.
How can Harper know who he is?He’s never met her before.Who is this guy?
“Harper, please finish your sentence,” I demand and glare at Leonidas when he tries to butt in again.
As Harper opens her mouth to explain, Leonidas drops to his knees in front of me, so he’s eye-level with me. His eyes plead with mine. Shock, sadness, and fear fill them. “Trin, baby, please let me explain,” he stammers.
My best friend places a hand to her mouth when he saysbaby. “Did Leo just call you baby?!”
“He’s my boyfriend … the guy next door.”
Tears cloud Leonidas’s eyes now. As the seconds tick by, he grows more nervous and panicked. His hands shake as they go to grip my legs. Rocking my bones.
“He’s the guy you’ve been talking about all this time?” she says and runs up to us.
He places a hand out to stop her, but she bumps into it and squeals seconds later after the contact.
“I just touched Leo!” Tears drip down her face as she touches the skin his hand skimmed.
“Can you please leave?!” he yells, throwing his hands up in the air while looking at her like she’s a wild animal.
I stiffen. I’ve never seen him this mad before. My head is spinning around in circles, and I’m severely bewildered by this weird interaction.
I watch the two with wide eyes as they have a stare down.
“She doesn’t know, does she?” Harper asks him, and he says nothing in response.
