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"It’ll be tight, but they’ll fit," he s with hiets ers are attractive It takes soh, sitting down on the waronna drop you off at the house I gotta head out for a bit, but you have free rein Just e and fresh sheets on the bed in the guest roo at his profile He is seriously good-looking, and the butterflies inwith him

"Don’t mention it So…you and Link?"

It takes a second to decipher his words between the thickness of his accent, his s in his presence, my brain seems to have shut down

"He’s a friend" Shit, maybe I should have said that he was ain; he doesn’t seee as I ahtens with so, and it takes a second to realize what it is My body freezes Jealousy? Really? I et jealous

"How’d you twoinwhite fro wheel I don’t knohat that et away from him

We drive in silence for the next half hour, the car winding its way through one so up what seems like the side of a mountain The area is surrounded by forest on either side of the road We drive for fiveonto a dirt road that takes us deeper into the forest I want to ask if he lives out here and about where he works--and a one dry and the energy in his car hasn’t gotten any better, so I decide to keepto be stuck with hiure there will be time for all of that later I look ahead of us and squint as the ie brick house The front has two porches--one on the first floor, one on the second--and both wrap around the front of the house It’s beautiful and expansive

I look over at Kenton again, gauging if I should ask hi, and the vein in his neck is pulsing wildly I have no idea what’s set hiure my best bet is to sit there quietly until he calms down

We park in front of the house, where there is no real designated parking place He unfolds hi, and I take it as my cue to follow him By the tis out and is back on the driver’s side, sliding his seat forward so he can get to the bag in the back seat Without a word, he carries two ofclose behind his down at the bottom of the staircase then turns to look at ht There’s a bathroom across the hall you can use I have ain, anger apparent on his face "I don’t want randoet off, take care of yourself"

I blink at him as he continues

"The code for the alaret to set it when you’re in the house I don’t knohen I’ll be back, but you’ll be safe here" Before I even have a chance to for the door behind hi, "Set the alar at the door Then I look around for an alarain as I recall the look of disgust on his face when he told et s then the stairs, shaking et settled in the roos one at a time up the stairs, and by the time I’m done, I’m so exhausted that I lie face-first on the bed, put my head under the pillow, and cry until I fall asleep

There is a pounding on the door, and I roll, falling off the bed and onto the floor "You didn’t set the alarin the doorith his arms crossed over his chest