Page 23 of A Little Bit Wild

I grab my keys, heading for the door.

I’ll go grocery shopping. Then I can come home and comfort eat.

I know I need to talk to him, to lay it all out there so that I know where I stand, but that seems too scary. Being with Kye is the happiest I’ve been in a long time. I don’t want to lose him.

I sigh as I grab a shopping cart and head down the first aisle. I grab some chips and pretzels and then make my way down the next aisle. I’m debating between Oreos and Milano cookies when someone says my name.

“Aria, right?” A guy asks, and I blink.

“Um, yeah, sorry, do we know each other?”

The guy has black hair and dark blue eyes. He towers over me, and I look between him and the pretty blonde-haired girl at his side. They’re both smiling at me, looking like they know me, and I can’t place either of them.

“Yeah, sorry. I’m Rhett, and this is Quinn. I own Knight Security with my friend, Anson. You were in the other day,” he explains, and I try to place him.

I remember someone greeting me, but I was so wrapped up in the letter from my mom and then in Kye that I don’t remember what they looked like.

“Oh, right, sorry,” I say, and he smiles.

“No worries. We only met for a second. Kye has been talking about you a lot,” he says, and my stomach drops.

Is that a good thing?

“All good things,” Rhett rushes to add, and I wonder how panicked I just looked.

“Oh, good,” I say weakly.

“Are you coming tonight, then?” He asks, looking at my cart, and I frown.

“Coming where?”

“Oh, sorry, I thought Kye would have invited you. We told him too, but you know how he can get,” he says.

“We’re having a dinner with our friends,” Quinn tells me. “You should come. Here, give me your number, and I’ll text you the address.”

I rattle off my number and my phone buzzes a second later.

“It’s not until six. Hopefully we’ll see you there!” She says, and I like her right away.

“Sure. Should I bring anything?”

“Just yourself,” Rhett says.

“Alright.”

I wave at them and watch them until they head down the next aisle.

Great, now I have even more questions.

Why didn’t Kye invite me? Did he really just forget?

Should I show up tonight? We left things kind of weird, so maybe surprising him isn’t the best idea.

I kind of want to meet his friends, though…

I grab the Oreos and Milano cookies, deciding that I will need all of the comfort food I can get if I want to make it through tonight.

I only hope Kye is as happy to see me as his friends just were.

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