He chokes on the half-chewed bread in his mouth. “What’s my dick got to do with this?”
All thoughts come to a halt when my phone vibrates in my pocket. I’ve never reached for anything faster in my life. It wouldn’t surprise me if I broke every record known to man. Just you wait. Guinness World Records will be knocking on my door tomorrow.
Jessica:
Let me get this right. I haven’t heard from you in days, and now you think you have the right to question who I spend time with?
Kane:
Sounds like you missed me.
Jessica:
In your dreams.
“Wow. Would you look at that?” Noah pokes me in the cheek. “Is that a real smile, I see?”
Devlin pretends to inspect me. “It’s actually kinda scary.”
I flip him off and stand up. Now that I’ve finally got her attention, I need to hear her voice.
“Come on, princess,” Devlin calls after me as I walk out, dialing Jessica’s number. “I think it’s cute.”
“Leave him alone,” I hear my sister say.
Phone pressed to my ear, I slip into the hallway where it’s quieter and I’m away from prying ears. Who knows where Cash has gone? There’s no sign of him anywhere.
Jessica answers on the third ring. “What do you want?”
My smile is instantaneous. “You should know what I want by now.”
I can practically hear her eye roll. “Kane, this needs to stop. We’re not a thing.”
“See, I would argue otherwise.”
There’s music in the background, people hollering and laughing, and she must walk some distance away because the sounds grow more distant. “Do I get a say in this?”
“No.” My grin is impossibly big. If anyone saw me now, they’d do a double-take.
“No?” There’s a smile in her voice, and it makes my heart flutter strangely to know that she’s smiling because of me.
“Did you miss me?” I ask.
Please tell me you did. Please tell me you thought of me.
Soft laughter floats into my ear like music to my soul. “Now, why would I miss you, Kane?”
Because you’re all I’ve been thinking about, even when I try not to think about you.
I don’t tell her any of that.
“Because you like me.”
“I don’t like you.”
The words sting a little, but the teasing lilt in her voice soothes it like a balm. What is it about this girl?
I really like her.
