She hasn’t looked at me once.Not when she walked in today or when she crossed the quad.Not even now, when I know she damn well feels me watching her.
That same ache gnaws at my chest.It’s bitter and sharp.She’s avoiding me.Like yesterday, she walked right past me as if we were strangers and I hadn’t had her gasping my name with my cock buried deep inside her.
I didn’t have a clue what to do when I saw her yesterday.Still don’t.My brain goes static, all that cocky bullshit I wear like armor slipping off the second she’s close.This girl has threw a fucking grenade into my chest and walked away as if nothing had happened.
She hugs Liz tighter.
And then her eyes flick to mine.
It’s not long.Maybe a second or two.But it’s enough to knock the breath clean out of me.My stomach flips, heart stumbles like a rookie.I don’t move.I can’t.
Someone steps into my line of sight, and I want to shove them out of the way just to keep watching her.
Maya.
Blonde bombshell who you don’t get to speak and tits that defy physics.Her personality’s about as real as her moans, and I’ve heard both… twice.Possibly three times.It was never about her.It was about getting off, forgetting the fucking noise out of my head for a few minutes.
She hones in, moving forward, teeth sunk into a pout like she’s in heat.Again.
“Hey, stranger,” she purrs, hand splaying across my chest like she owns it.
I stare down at it.
“What the fuck are you looking for, Maya?Validation?”
She laughs, all breathy and fake.“You’ve been quiet lately.Thought we could fix that.”
She presses in, her tits squished against my arm, her mouth brushing my ear as if she’s trying to narrate a porno.“Free period next.I’ve got an empty car.Want to come make some noise?”
It should be an easy yes.It always was before.
She’s hot, willing, and saying all the right things.
But all I see is Sam.All I want is red hair and the breathy way Sam said my name when I fucked her with my fingers.
I step back, untangling Maya’s hand from my shirt.
“Go find someone else to suck the life out of.I’m good.”
Maya blinks, all glossy lips and confusion flickering behind thick lashes.“Seriously?”
“Can’t miss next class,” I mutter, voice flat.“Coach’ll rip my nuts off if I’m late again.”
Total bullshit.If it were Red saying those words “empty car, free period,” I’d already be peeling off her shorts with my teeth.But it’s not Red.It’s Maya.And I don’t want fake moans and plastic everything.
She huffs, spins on her heel, and stomps off, looking for a guy with more brain cells in his dick than his head.It shouldn’t be hard.Probably someone like Jace.
Jace slings an arm around my shoulder, grin cocky.“There’s the Reece I know.Fuck ‘em and forget ‘em.Still, I would’ve taken her up on it.”
I smirk.“Yes, I am aware.You’d fuck a reflection if it winked at you.”
He leans in.“You’re lookin’ at me now.”
“Fuck off.You couldn’t handle my dick.”I toss it out, smooth, cool as ever.Delivered with all the swagger I’ve built my name on.“Besides, I got action last night.”
It’s a lie.
Jace gives me a glance.That grin that says he knows how full of shit I am.But he doesn’t call me out on it.He just laughs.
