He chuckled. “For the love of what?”
Heat spread to my cheeks. “Nothing.” I pulled on his coat and got a whiff of his hypnotic smell, clinging to it. Great, now I’m going to be stuck with his scent, too? “How do I get it back to you?”
“I’ll get it tomorrow.”
I stared at him.
His gaze flickered around before landing back on me. “What?”
“You want my dad to get a heart attack?”
“Just tell him a friend lent you his coat. He has something against friends?”
“No, but I do not want him to know what happened this morning.”
“Yeah, that one is going to be slightly hard, as you have loads of red in your hair.”
I grunted and took a huge breath. It was hopeless. “Thank you.”
The bell rang, and we both got up. I walked faster to get away from him before someone saw us coming out of the gym together.
“Where are you going?”
“Yeah, I’m not getting in trouble again because of you. Thank you very much.” I walked faster and exited the gym. I didn’t look back.
“Okay, see you later, Elena,” Blake yelled behind me, and I stopped for a few seconds, shook my head, and walked to my next class.
The idiot just made it worse. Why was he doing this? This was a nightmare, a beautiful nightmare.
5
BLAKE
Jace and Carlos, two guys from school, dropped me off. The new rental wasn’t bad. I said goodbye as I climbed out of his jeep.
“Pick you up tomorrow,” Jace yelled.
“Sure.” I lifted my hand and hoped this was the right house.
Manicured hedges framed the entrance with a large driveway leading up to a garage. Thick white columns and white steps led to the door. A sizeable healthy lawn, flower gardens with a couple of white marble statues showing between the plants, and pruned trees stood on my right as my eyes flickered to the balcony with a sitting area.
I knocked on the door and opened it. An open entryway with high decorated ceilings welcomed me home.
Fuck! Is this the right place?
“Dad?” A curving staircase walked up to the top floor.
“Coming.” His voice came out of the room close to the kitchen.
Hardwood floors and dark yellow, almost mustard color, walls gave a warm ambiance.
Heavy curtains in front of tall windows and upholstered furniture sat gigantic in the living room with an enormous fireplace and a big screen TV mounted on the wall. An expensive surround system and a DVD player sat on a dark wooden table below the flat screen.
The dining room table made from glass with white leather chairs would go wasted. The open-plan kitchen had marble counters and beautiful, dark wood cupboards.
Who lend Dad the money?
Dad walked out the room right next to the kitchen and closed the door behind him.
