Page 700 of Filthy Elites

“Kels, Greg and Adrian are way different. Sure, Adrian can be cocky, conceited, and self-absorbed. Greg always made me wary. I avoided him whenever possible, and you should too.”

“You aren’t telling me to stay away from Adrian?”

Janie set her mug on the table in front of her and reached for her friend’s hand. “I know you still want to protect me from that whole crew, but you don’t need to anymore. The two behind everything are in jail and can’t hurt anyone. Adrian lived in the house and rowed on the team. He would be at their parties and participated in some of their activities, but he held himself apart. I don’t think he was ever comfortable with them, and I don’t think he really fit in.”

“You didn’t answer my question.” Kelsey’s heart was pounding in her chest, and she didn’t know why. Or really, she didn’t want to acknowledge why.

“I am answering you, Kelsey. You just don’t want to hear it. Adrian is not a bad guy and after everything that’s happened to him, he’s probably not that conceited, cocky guy anymore. It’s okay to like him.”

Janie stopped and stared at Kelsey, examining her closely. “You’re hiding something.”

“What?” She pulled her hand away and held them both out in front of her. “I’ve told you everything.”

“I can tell when you try to lie to me. Your voice gets higher, and you start fidgeting with the hem of your shirt, which by the way, you are doing now. “You like him. Like really like him.”

Kelsey tried to smooth down her shirt, but she reached for the hem again. “He’s impossible. Plus, I don’t think he likes me very much.”

“You should just tell me. I will get the info eventually.” Janie smirked at her.

Kelsey covered her face with her hands. “Ikissedhim.”

“What? That was jumbled all together.” Janie pulled her hands away. “Try again.”

Kelsey took a deep breath and whispered. “I kissed him.”

“Oh my gosh! You did?” Janie jumped up from her seat. “You kissed Adrian Colton?”

“It was an accident.”

Janie sat back down. “An accident? Your lips fell onto his?”

Kelsey sighed. She was going to have to tell her best friend everything. “I caught him checking me out after the hose incident.”

“Of course, he did. Your T-shirt was sticking to your boobs. He’s a guy. It’s in his DNA to look.”

Kelsey giggled. “We, uh, sort of were staring at each other and moving toward one another.”

“Uh huh. Go on. Get to the good part.”

“I sort of fell over the bench and almost landed on the ground, but he rushed forward and caught me.”

“Only you could trip over something and end up in the arms of a total hottie. How did the kiss happen?”

“It was happening in slow motion until I decided to just go for it, so I pushed up on my toes and kissed him.”

“You didn’t!” Janie was grinning widely. “How was it?”

“Incredible. Sexy. Mind-blowing.” Kelsey leaned back into the corner of the couch. “It was the best kiss I’ve ever had.”

“What now? How did it end?”

Kelsey’s shoulders slumped. “Not good.”

“Oh no. What happened?”

“Dr. Katherine came outside. I’m not sure if she saw us or not but she knew we had an accident with the hose.”

“That’s not bad.”

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