Page 70 of Sparks Flying

His mother, on the other hand, leaned in and whispered to him. “She seems like a nice young girl. So stop corrupting her and leave the poor thing alone.”

Dean

Chapter 17

I stared at their retreating backs until the door was closed, and my parents were gone.

“Unbelievable,” I muttered.

“Do ravens have good hearing?” Bailey asked.

I was confused by her sudden change in conversation.

“Yeah, we do. Why?”

“Your mom whispered like she didn’t expect me to hear her.”

“From what I’d been told, wolves have freakishly great hearing. Ours is far better than a human, but not capable of the full frequency range of a wolf shifter. And she doesn’t know what you are.”

“That makes sense. I was just curious.”

“I’m really sorry about how she just barged in here like that. She’s not done that since I was a kid. Hell, neither of them even come upstairs anymore.”

“She was worried about you.”

“I know. You’re right. It was just really shitty timing.”

Bailey laughed. “Yeah, you could certainly say that. I think we may have traumatized her for life.”

“Her? What about us?”

“I’m not sure I can ever be naked in this house again? I’m going to have to shower in my swimsuit or something.”

For a second, I feared she might be serious. We’d just started connecting and now I was going to be cut off? She couldn’t do that to me, could she? I was pretty sure I had blue balls just thinking of it.

Bailey started to laugh. “You should see your face right now. Priceless.”

“That’s not funny. I thought you were being serious.”

“Oh, I was. I may even announce my own curfew and make sure the entire house knows I’m going to bed alone each night we’re here.”

“If I have my way, you’ll never sleep alone again.”

“But aren’t there rules about that?” she teased.

“Bailey,” I warned.

“Dean. I suppose there’s something you should know about me.”

“What’s that?”

“I’m a rules girl.”

“You’re cute, but you aren’t funny.”

“Who said I was trying to be?”

“Is this payback for my mother barging in here?”

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