Page 76 of Resist Me

He turned off his screen and scooted further down the bed, rolling to face me. Reaching out, he brushed his thumb across my lower lip.

“Fascinating, nuanced, clever.” His hand traveled to my bare chest and he licked his lips. “Sexy.”

I tried and failed to hide my smile. “Okay, maybe you know some things.”

“Tell me everything.”

“We may need a shrink present. I’m prone to falling apart.”

Wrapping his arm around my waist, he pulled me flush against him. “I’ve got you.”

“Who the hell are you and what’d you do with the evil quarterback?”

“I was never evil. You didn’t take a single second to get to know me.”

“You’re saying it’s my fault.”

“Yes.”

I scoffed. “I think you’re being unfair.”

“Shut up, West.”

He kissed the side of my neck while I mocked him under my breath. I’d been mostly joking before, but I really did have questions about what was going on now. Once again, I’d lost myself in him and I couldn’t deny that I feltsomething. It was just tangled in a really confusing web- months of rivalry and viewing him as a hurdle to clear.

Could we have some sort of relationship? His affectionate kisses and sweet-ish words pointed to that. The guy wanted to take me on a date. I’d never been taken on a date. I’d taken girls out, but this felt more serious, and that scared the shit out of me.

Did I want us to have something more? Right now, I was on the maybe train, but I might have been veering toward the track with a big ‘yes’ sign at the entrance. When I walked out of here, though, and this lusty fog cleared, would that change?

“Are you not freaked out by all of this?” I asked.

He pulled back enough to look at me. “Should I be?”

“I don’t know. You can’t tell me that you’re prepared to march out of here hand-in-hand and show the whole school that we’re… something.”

Turning onto his back, he put an arm behind his neck. “It’s not like I intend to make some big announcement to the world, West.”

“Oh.”

That felt like a slap to the face. He wanted more than just sex, but not what Sen and Kai had. My friend ensured that everybody knew he was taken and most people were fully aware that Sen was off limits. They belonged to each other and he’d never let anyone think differently.

“You want this to be a secret.”

Linc angled his head toward me. His brows were furrowed as he met my eyes. “That’s not what I said. I just don’t publicize my entire personal life. But-”

“It’s fine. You don’t have to explain.”

“But if this turned into something more,” he went on, “I’d make it known. Facebook official and all that bullshit, if required.”

“Of course it’d be required.”

“Is that what you want?”

“No.”

He smirked. “I’ll do it right now.”

“Fuck off. I’ll block you.”

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