“Thanks,” I murmur.
Alec doesn’t say anything. He doesn’t need to. We just simply start putting my textbooks in the box before Alec orderly places my clothes on top.
I stifle a laugh when Alec rearranges them when he thinks I’m not watching.
“You have just a smidge of OCD, yeah?” I tease lightly. I knock my shoulder against his playfully.
Alec’s cheeks flush red. “Just a little.”
A small smile lights up his face as he openly reorganises the box so that my shorts are together and my shirts are together. I put my underwear in next and I notice he doesn’t reorder those.
He’s wearing his glasses. I love when he wears them. The black outlines his hazel eyes and highlights his strong cheekbones. They’re kinda sexy.
“What?” Alec looks up and sees me staring.
I just smile and shake my head.My secret,I tell him, silently with our gazes intertwined.
His eyes soften.
Alec’s hand curls around my wrist, tugging me towards him. I have to tilt my head up to lock eyes with him.
“Yes,” I breathe, when Alec opens his mouth. His head immediately dips, his hand moving to cup my cheek as he kisses me deeply. I sigh into him.
My arms wrap around his neck and I stand on my tippy toes in order to reach him. While Alec may be shorter than my other guys, he’s still a giant to me.
I’ve learnt over the last few weeks that Alec is the perfect gentleman. He doesn’t make any moves without my permission. I told him he didn’t need to ask to hold my hand or kiss me and that I’d tell him otherwise but so far that hasn’t stopped him. I love that he does though.
Alec’s tongue slips in to dance playfully with mine. I moan softly, my hands sliding through his soft locks at the nape of his neck.
“You. Are. Very. Distracting.” Alec tells me between kisses. I smile against his lips, unable to keep a straight face.
His head drops to my neck when he kisses me there, nibbling on my sensitive skin. He exhales before reluctantly pulling back.
“You’re pretty distracting too,” I inform him. My arms uncurl from around his neck, allowing him to stand upright. My hands rest flat on his shirt-covered chest.
Like all the guys, Alec and I have gotten closer since my birthday. We read together every night. If we’re in separate rooms, one of us will text the other and I’ll read until my bed mates make me put down my kindle.
“Is there anything you want to do before we leave tomorrow?” Alec rests his forehead on mine.
Thinking about his question, someone comes to mind. Someone whom I wouldn’t have lasted as long as I did at Cattle Creek without them.
A smile traces my lips and I nod. “There’s someone I need to say goodbye to.”
. . .
Alec ~
“Here,” Rory directs me and I pull into the street. I park in front of a modern one story house with a Jeep out the front.
Mase leans between the front seats, his blond-brown strands falling over his blue eyes as he surveys the street. “Do you want us to come with you, Angel?”
Some kids playing basketball outside one of the houses stop and look at the car. They watch us for a bit before going back to their game.
We took Jace’s mustang. It’s a little more under the radar than Dom’s RAM and we didn’t want to take Rory’s Hilux in case it got noticed.
I must have missed Rory’s response because she and Mason push open their doors. I get out with them.
Two teenagers sitting on the grass get up when we walk up the porch steps. The guy’s arm curls around the waist of his girlfriend when he sees me looking around the neighbourhood. He’s not looking at me with hostility but he’s cautious.
