Page 93 of Wright Kind of Trouble

I laughed, a relieved smile spreading across my face. “I want to kiss you.”

“Maybe not your smartest move. I have more graduation stuff to do, but can I see you after? I have stuff to tell you. I want you to know first,” she said mysteriously.

“About what?”

She glanced back then. Someone had said her name. I checked and saw that it was Bailey, wide-eyed and gesturing for her to come on. She put a finger up and turned back to me.

“I’ll tell you after my party. And then we can decide how to proceed. Plan?”

“Whatever you want. We’ve waited long enough. What’s one more day?”

She took a step backward and nodded at me. I could see her heart in her eyes. She’d wanted this for so damn long. And so had I.

Whatever she had to tell me, I’d wait for that, too.

“I’ll be waiting,” I told her.

She smirked. “I know.”

Then, she hurried back to her friends and family. Whitt spoke to her, and I watched her shrug before she linked arms with Bailey and they buried their heads together. But Whitt turned back to look at me with narrowed eyes.

I didn’t want any trouble today.

It was her day.

So, I tipped my head at the Wrights and walked away.

In a matter of hours, she would be mine.

That was all that mattered after all.

24

Harley

“He came!” Bailey gushed into my ear.

“I know. I know. Shh!”

Bailey pulled me in closer. “Are you, like, fucking freaking out? Y’all haven’t spoken in months. You were going out of your fucking mind wondering if he’d be here. Or if you’d even fucking hear from him. And now, he’s here, in front of your whole fucking family.”

“I know,” I said, a shiver going down my spine. “I didn’t want to leave.”

“I can’t believe you didn’t kiss him.” Bailey shook her head. “If I were you, I’d have been half tempted to fuck his brains out right then and there.”

I rolled my eyes at her. “Bailey!”

“What? You told me you did it before!”

“Yeah, but that was…not in front of anyone.”

She snorted. “Well, I wouldn’t have blamed you.”

“Thanks. I think.”

“So, what did he say? What are you going to do?”

A smile returned to my face. “He said he’s all in. He wants to be with me.”

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