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I stood by the atching the sky light up like so off fireworks from the cusp of Seneca Rocks I blew a breath out and watched it fog the

Of course not

Squeezing my eyes shut, I tried to shake those three little words off At no point had I ever entertained the idea that Tanner’s sudden interest interm He was a…virile man, and I’d turned to putty in his hand--literally I shouldn’t feel any regrets, but I did

I always did

Because for once, I wanted to be…I wanted to be so more than just a hookup I wanted to be…worth et a drink I wanted to not be feeling this way Resting hed

Truth was, I wanted to be with Tanner I wanted to lose ive away a little piece of myself and not to think past that moment

Dinner hadn’t been too aard as Tanner prettyin the saone down into the media room The boys had had an epic air-hockey deathto be exhausted I hadn’t looked to see if Tanner had watched htdeal would’ve s I’ddeal The way he’d handled me, how he touched uy before He’dOne could not put a price on that One could not pass up that kind of opportunity

But I had a feeling that I had without realizing it

Moving away froe of the bed and stretched s worse without really even trying Like when I’d changed ree, then at least it wouldn’t have been like I was tossing away nearly four years of education There were ive myself, but I really didn’t want to travel down that depressing road tonight I stood and headed for where I’d leftit up, I poked around the red bottles until I found the one with the sleeping pills in it I’d just started to pop the cap when there was a soft knock on the bedroouessed it was Syd, so I dropped the bottle back init My eyes widened

So not Syd

Tanner stood in the doorway, his hands planted on the frame, head bowed A moment passed before he lifted his chin His eyes were a cobalt blue, intense as they iht in my chest

"I lied," he said

"What?"

His hands slipped off the frahtened "I lied earlier While ere in the kitchen What happened between us in the pool? It didto me"

Chapter 10

Tanner

The moment those words came out ofthe at her bedroom, but it was likein front of her door There was no way I could go to sleep with her thinking I didn’t give two shits