Page 52 of The Game
Asher holds his hand and follows. I fall back beside him. He drove here, and I don’t think he’s gonna make it back with that cut.
“Hey, I’ll drive you back. Then when we get back to your place, I'll help you with the first aid kit.” I don't want his hand getting all infected or Mila seeing it.
“Thanks for not hitting hard.” I chuckle.
“I knew you were gonna get cut, so I took it easy on you.”
I hope Mila doesn’t see Asher and freak out.
Chances are… she will.
TWENTY-ONE
MILA
Ijump, I spin, I wave my arm in the air. Madison does the same beside me.
“Oh my God, I think we got,” she turns her phone to playback the TikTok dance we just made together.
“If it's not, I give up.” I say as I slide into the armchair. Dancing takes a lot out of you.
“You're the good one. I’m crap. That's why I have to keep doing it. But don't give up. This is fun.” She bounces around, humming the song we’d just been dancing to.
I'm exhausted. We've been at this for most today. As much as I love Madison, this is just too much, and I need a break. She seems to be full of energy. Maybe it’s that I can’t stop thinking of Asher’s kiss last night. And my mind's in another place. Not TikTok dancing.
I hear the front door of the house open and the laughter of the guys spills into the hallway. Echoing off the walls in the living room.
“We’re in here,” I call to them.
Roman told me they were taking Asher to have a bonding afternoon with him. But I wasn't too sure how long of a day they would need, but just grateful that Hunter and Roman are okay with this. With me and Asher. I take a sip of water from the water bottle, then wait for them to appear.
When they do, it's not the vision I thought I would be. Asher’s holding his bleeding hand and gives a half wave as he moves away from the living room. Jace follows him out. And I stand there dumbfounded.
“Blood Brothers?” I narrow my eyes at Roman and then back to Hunter.
“Seriously guys, that took ages to heal. Why would you do that to him?”
“It was a test, and he passed it. Will have that scar for life and, at least, have a special memory behind it like ours.” Hunter smiles and I grumble in my chest.
“Don't worry, I'm gonna go take care of him.” Jace yells out from where very he is. I don’t know if that’s better or not.
I make my way over to Roman and slap him on the chest.
“Happy birthday, but you shouldn't have done that.” He just gives a half shrug, as if that was completely normal. It’s not normal to go cutting people’s hands in a blood pact. But when is anything normal with these guys?With us.
But it’s his birthday, so I forget all that’s happened tonight and jump into his arms. And he catches me.
“Take me to my room. I can show you my birthday present for you.”
He slaps my ass, and I jump in his arms and giggle. There's two parts to my present. One is the actual present, the other is also for me.
Madison waves as she watches Roman practically jog to my bedroom.
As soon as we're in my room, he slams the door and his lips crush to mine. I break the kiss as I drop from his arms. I back up a little so I can take him in. His present can come second. I can't stand another minute of not touching him.
I pull my sweater off and look at his reaction. I'm wearing a red lace bra, I bought specially for this occasion. He growls in the back of his throat when I drop the sweats. I grin. I turn around slowly so he can see all of it.
“Happy birthday, handsome.”
