Page 65 of Just Between Us

“Honestly, I’d let Levi Bellamy do terrible things to me,” Yaz says dreamily.

I take a quick sip of my drink to hide my cough.

“Too bad you are not Kai,” Connor says.

I choke, eyes wide. “What?”

Connor rolls his eyes. “C’mon man, haven’t you noticed?”

“Noticed what?”

“He likes you,” Yaz chirps. “Why else would he hang around the rest of us so much when he earns quadruple what we make?”

My heart is threatening to leave my chest.

“He probably just needs people his age to hang out with. I can’t imagine him enjoying lunch with Jones,” Connor says with a shrug. “He’s way too cool. I mean have you seen those tats?”

I let out a quiet laugh. Jenna meets my eyes again and shoots me an encouraging smile. Luckily, after that, the conversation veers to safer territory but when my phone buzzes on the table, my stomach sinks.

Levi.

My throat closes.

I’m tipsy and I don’t want to talk in case I say something I shouldn’t. It’s on the third ring when Connor glances down, lifting an eyebrow.

“Kai, shit, you have to answer that.”

He probably thinks it’s some massively important work call, and I want to laugh at the ridiculousness of it. It’s the furthest thing from a work call.

“Trust me I don’t,” I tell him.

He rolls his eyes and reaches for the phone and a split second, I’m worried he’ll answer it, but he thrusts it in my face instead.

“Answer it. I don’t want you to get fired. We need you.”

Fighting a groan, I take the phone and answer it, slipping away from the table to get away from the noise.

“Hey,” I say as I step into the cool evening air. There’s some rustling on the other end.

“Kai,” Cole’s voice is low, and I can almost see his smirk.

“Cole,” I say, trying to hide the fluster in my voice. “Is everything okay?”

There are a few people around me, all having quiet conversations over vapes and cigarettes as they try to sober up in the evening air. There is a muffled sound on the other end that makes my head prickle.

“Everything is great,” Cole says easily. “It’s just that I’ve been edging Levi for hours now and he seems pretty desperate to fuck you.”

My heart hammers against my chest, heat spreading through me. I hear Levi groan and then more shuffling before moans escape both their mouths. It’s easy really, I feel myself getting hard. Just the picture of them both makes me want to groan.

“He really wants you. Don’t you, Evie?” I can hear the smile in Cole’s voice when he calls Levi that, the tempting eyes that pull him in easily. I can picture Levi too, already wrecked, and desperate for him.

“Do you think I should keep playing with him or make him wait patiently for you?”

His voice is teasing. I want what’s not mine and I hate it. Almost hate them for it too.

“I can’t tonight,” my voice comes out level.

And even though I want to go, I’m not sure I should have sex with them. Not tonight. Maybe not ever.

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