Page 123 of Bitten By Desire
I swallowed hard.
“A little shy.” He reached out and tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear. “And a lot turned on.”
I shoved his hand away.
He laughed. “Maybe we can do that again sometime.”
“I’d rather have pictures ofyou.”
“Then you’re going to have to learn how to paint me.”
“Hmm. If you think I’d ever back down from a challenge you’re crazy. After all, I’ve been trying unsuccessfully to stalk you for ten years.”
“Doesn’t that make you the crazy one?”
“Hey, I…”
“I’m joking.” He put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me in close. “I may have checked in on you from time to time.”
“Wait, what?”
“I wanted to know where you were. So that I could be with you when I was ready.”
“I knew I saw you!” There were so many times I’d thought I’d seen him in a crowd. Only to bother a total stranger. Was it possible that sometimes it was actually him?
“I thought you might have seen me a few times.”
“You really did make me feel insane. You do realize that?”
“But you never forgot about me.”
I shook my head. “No. I definitely didn’t. Because apparently you refused to let me.”
The corner of his mouth ticked up.
I smiled. I wasn’t mad. I was glad that I’d been stuck in his head too. “So back to my questions…”
“Emma, what the actual fuck!” Zoey screamed as she appeared right in front of us on the sidewalk. “I’ve been searching everywhere for you! What the hell is going on? And why don’t you have any pants?”
I laughed.
“Nothing about this is funny. Where were you?”
“The train station. I was skipping town. But Callum stopped me.”
“Good,” Zoey said. “But why did you run away from me? Why were you acting so weird? I don’t understand why you can’t just tell me the truth. And here, I found you that cough drop.” She handed it to me.
“Um…thanks.” I didn’t need it. I just needed her to stop asking me about Bennett or I’d probably hurl.
“She can’t tell you Bennett’s secret,” Callum said. “She physically can’t.”
Zoey shook her head. “What do you mean shecan’t? Just tell me.”
“Bennett has to show you himself,” I said. “That’s really all I can say.”
Zoey turned back to Callum. “Okay, Zoey can’t tell me. But surely you can. What the hell is going on?”
Wait, could he? I looked up at him.
