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And no way a this to spend a little extra time with my tutor, either She was the last person I expected to see standing out in front of rabby hands I’d just ended o hoeous in those jeans that fit her like a second skin, showing off those long legs and that …

Griet over my fixation with her ass

"Fine Take ive me my phone"

"Not until you thank afor a while I’ froether

She rests her hands on her hips, scowling at rin and her scowl deepens I wonder if she hates eneral? "You’re not going to like this, but we have to walk back to my place first, pick up my car, and then I can drive you home"

"Wait a minute Your car’s not here?"

"I live ridiculously close I walk to work" I shrug Everyone thinks I’ crazy They all knoho I’m tied to at The District, especially since my sister used to work there That I walk to work and try to keep everything low key when I could let everyone know the NFL’s newest superstar, Drew Callahan, is my brother-in-las theirobvious only causes trouble I can just iot all flashy like that

When Chelsea doesn’t say anything, I take that toand she falls into step beside ht don, a the older homes and the frat and sorority houses, not too far fro Fable thinks I’rief frouys I hang out with now

Drew put a stop to all that He’s Fable’s freaking hero At tilance down at Chelsea, who’s taking about five steps to keep up with one ofover us and she has her arms wrapped around herself like she’s cold

I’m tempted to slip my arm around her shoulders and pull her intoa busy night, but I restrainto i Second, she’d probably punch e and I can’t bla to manhandle her What would have happened if I hadn’t been there to stop it?

"Thank you for helping et rid of Tad," she says, her voice soft

She’s a ht At The District," she goes on "It was all Kari’s idea She set me up with Tad and he turned out to be a total jerk"

Weak stateuy was more like a total asshole "Maybe you shouldn’t let your friend set you up with guys you don’t know"

"No kidding," she uys"

"What about the ones you tutor?" Hell, listen to uys I shouldn’t care I shouldn’t be attracted to her I need to find so ass and fk her brains out Fuck Chelsea right out of my head so I won’t think about her anyht of finding so laid doesn’t appeal whatsoever

"The ones I tutor … I consider it--theazes meet I don’t look away Neither does she "Usually," she adds, sinking her teeth into her lower lip

Okay I need to pretend she never said that Becauseall over the place as if she just whispered, Fuck o, not pretending at all

Shrugging, she tears her gaze away fro anywhere but atabout me Why, I’m not sure I shoveher I can see her skin through the lace of her shirt, though she’s wearing a skimpy tank top that coverson about her legs and ass yet again because, da, dark hair tuht as can be It looks soft I want to touch it Wrap those silky strands aroundwhile I lock my lips with hers Tilt her head back farther so I can lickbeneath ht?"

Her sweet voice knocksthat I’ve stopped at a cross street "Turn left," I say gruffly "My place is three houses down on the left side"

She doesn’t say a word, merely does what I tell her to, and I let her take the lead, ad her from behind I need to face facts: I’m hot for the tutor She’s not my type I hardly know her But et to know her And this is stupid because I’ like this

As we draw closer to my house, dread sinks over me Everyis lit up, and I can heara party

Just great

"Um" Chelsea stops and turns to look at me "Is that your place?" She points at my house, where I can see Des and so on the couch on the front porch, passing a joint back and forth

Shit

"Yeah," I say, ether"

"So from one foot to the other She looks nervous

"Corab et out of here"

My car is parked in front of the house on the street We don’t have a garage, and the house is old and small, but I fixed it up inside pretty hen I first moved in and automatically had Wade move in with me We’ve been friends forever I couldn’t ditch him I don’t even ht the place Paid cash for it and everything Someday, I’d like to have that sort of power, that kind of co too et me there anyti her feet She looks unco to push her into any sort of situation she doesn’t want to be in Bad enough what I saw earlier with that asole grabbing her I won’t puther head so she uire! Who’s the hottie?" Des calls froh escapes etic look before I say, "Wouldn’t you like to know?"

"Motherfucker, don’t be all irl up here and introduce her to us properly," Des yells, a goofy-ass grin on his face