Page 56 of Killian
Ellie
“This is ridiculous,”Bri grumbled, arms across her chest. Her brothers had places to be. Not giving Bri a second to breathe, they elected Ollie to bring her to Killian’s house. Bri had been avoiding Ollie for some reason, which was odd.
She didn’t have a problem getting in a car with him when this whole ordeal started, and she didn’t know a thing about him. She shouldn’t now. There was something there.
It was time the woman spilled.
“What’s up with you and Ollie?”
Bri’s body stilled, eyes looking anywhere but at me. Oh yes, my dear friend was hiding something.
“Don’t ignore me. Talk, woman.”
She huffed out a huge breath, falling to the couch with a grunt. It was couch time. This should be good.
“You’re a pain in my ass,” she started out, and I chuckled. That was the thing with best friends—no matter how big of a pain they were, they were always by your side.
“Stalling.”
Her eyes narrowed on me. “Shut it!”
I quirked my brow.
“Fine. Nothing. Nothing is going on with Ollie.”
“That’s a lie,” I called her out.
“No, really. I thought there might be something, but it was all a figment of my imagination.” She stopped as I glared at her expectantly.
“I’m going to put superglue in your shampoo,” she fired at me.
Note to self: change shampoo.
“Talk!” Her body jolted at my tone.
“After Killian and Ollie rescued us from the party, I was a bit shaken up when we got back to my place. Ollie ended up laying next to me because I couldn’t sleep.”
“You’ve been holding out on me.”
“Nothing happened, Ellie. Swear it. While he was watching over me, we talked. He appeared to be a good guy…” She trailed off.
“So he’s not a good guy?”
She huffed out a breath. “I kissed him.”
My eyes rounded in surprise. Not that she’d made a move, but she didn’t tell me. “And you didn’t think to tell me this piece of information?”
“It was one time. After I went to my brothers, he called me, but I didn’t answer. Today was the first time I’d been forced to actually talk to him on the ride here.”
“And you talked about…” I prompted her. Damn, it was like pulling teeth to get the story out of her.
“It was weird. The part of the kiss that… Dammit, this is embarrassing.”
I felt my heart squeeze for her.
“He didn’t kiss me back. I caught him off guard, at least that’s what he said. But seriously, Ellie, what red-blooded male wouldn’t kiss a woman back? He had to think I was pathetic, or worse—didn’t like me in that way. It’s not like I’m disgusting or anything.”
“You’re not. What else did Ollie say?”
