Page 61 of Never Feed a Dragon

Me

I’m not

Randa

You’re insane

Eli can’t be on board with that

Me

He is

My defenses started rising.

Me

I’ve gotta go, but we can talk when I’m back in town

Randa

Alright

Be safe

And keep an open mind

I hearted her message, since I wasn’t about to agree that my mind was open.

It wasn’t open.

I wasn’t doing a relationship again.

Elodie had left a few similar messages, telling me to have fun and be safe, so I let her know heat was over and we’d be back in town soon too.

The final texts were from my mom.

I stared at the preview for a moment before shaking my head and shutting my phone off again.

I wasn’t dealing with that.

Not yet.

Letting out an unsteady breath, I finally leaned my head back and relaxed in the chair.

Maybe I didn’t want to go exploring.

Maybe I just wanted to curl up in our bed and sleep.

Eli stepped out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, slicking his hair out of his face as he pulled his change of clothes off the dresser.

I watched the muscles on his back move as he disappeared into the bathroom.

I was still way too attracted to the guy to stay in the room with him. We’d end up having sex again.

So…

We’d have to explore a lot.

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