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Staring straight into le with the warmth, with his touch His thumb sweeps over ot smooth skin," he murmurs

"Yeah," I whisper Yeah

Umwhat? I blink We are overly close, like if either of us ht of his body brushing against mine way more than I should I extract my hand from his "I don’t mind cold hands"

He smirks "You don’t?"

"No, I don’t" I beeline it for his car and les, I trip over ht--barely "They’re always cold, even in the su as he walks beside rin Twice his hand flies out to grab me if I should fall I hate him I like hilance around, wishing Marissa would pop out of thin air because friends shouldn’t let friends rae the hand he blew on It’s like the skin there is now hypersensitive "It’s not a big deal since it’s normal"

Because I can’t stupidly zip enetics My mom has cold hands and herlike that" Shut the eff up, Haley!

West pushes a button on his key chain and the lights on his Escalade flash Like a gentleer-side door "Good to know" There’s a sparkle in his eye that rin widens "The cold hands The genetics All good things to know"

I smile widely because I don’t knohat else to do Kill me now West shuts ainst the seat He cliain He chuckles and I die of mortification

When he starts the car, rap pounds fro the frame to vibrate He turns the radio off, turns up the heat and points the vents at me

The rich smell of leather wafts in the air and every electronic and coet embedded in his dashboard intimidates me "This car is quiet It’s like the motor isn’t even on"

"My sister, Rachel" He pauses and switches the hand he drives with In the short amount of time I’ve known West, this is the first tiood about this thing is because of her"

"That’s cool" And unusual I’ve never heard of a fehter?

West grows grim and we sit in aard silence His sister must be a sore subject and, because of Kaden and Jax, I can highly appreciate that

Murphy’s Law dictates we hit every red light After one particularly long light, I tap ainst the door and replay the events of the cafeteria Should I be rateful to West? To be honest, I’ inside inal plan