Page 87 of Boys Who Taint

“I was just a bit anxious, that’s all.”

“It was just a kiss. It was no big deal.” I laugh it off even though it’s anything but a joke to me.

Our first kiss was supposed to be fantastic, mind-blowing, out of this world. It wasn’t supposed to leave me hanging, desperate to cling to her.

If she only knew how much need has been bursting at the seams for me, threatening to rip me apart, and I almost let it slip through the cracks just now. But when she looks at me, I’ve forgotten all about it.

She is mine, and that’s all that matters. No matter what happens, no matter how anyone looks at us, no matter if anyone tries to intervene.

Because I will end them if they try.

Aspen

“No, it was a big deal,”I say, closing my book. “There was just something that stopped me.”

I don’t want to tell him about my stalker and risk him getting upset or angry. Not to mention the fact that Levi just stormed into my building, accusing Grey of murder and threatening me to stay away or else …

“Something?” Grey repeats, looking confused.

Shit. Maybe I already said too much. I don’t want to involve him in this mess, but two men have now warned me about Grey, and both still linger at the forefront of my mind.

They’re going to kill him.

I shudder. “I don’t want you to get hurt.”

He grabs my hand and squeezes. “You could never hurt me.”

God, he’s too sweet. “I don’t mean me.”

“Did someone hurt you?”

I swiftly shake my head. “No. It’s not like th—”

His brows draw together. “Did someone threaten you?”

I rub my lips together and look away. I really don’t want to worry him.

And what if Levi does … kill him?

“It was Levi, wasn’t it?” He scoots his chair back. “That’s it. I’m going to kill him.”

He wants to kill him for me?

I’m momentarily too frazzled to even speak.

But what if Levi hurts Grey?

No, I don’t want to lose him.

I get up at the same time he does. “No, wait, don’t.”

“I’m done with him trying to push you arou—”

Fuck it.

First, it was Ghost, then it was Levi. All of those boys telling me who I can and cannot touch.

Fuck them both.

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