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I think maybe he was right about that. But I was messed up in the head. I liked when Callum sucked on my neck. It was just like Callum said…I’d fantasized about it endlessly for years.
But it was a lot more confusing when Bennett was touching me. His thumb gentle as it traced the bruise. “Next time, it might be the last time. One bite. And you could be gone forever.” He shook his head as his hand fell from my skin.
My heart was racing as I stared at him.One bite.What if I’d put my trust in the wrong guy? What if I’d made the wrong choice?
I needed to see if Callum had a burn mark above his left elbow. Because it was a lot easier to believe he was a vampire when I wasn’t looking right into his beautiful golden eyes.
Chapter 30
Tuesday
“Did you get the pocket watch?” Zoey asked as I hurried over to her and Callum.
I shook my head. “It wasn’t on him.” It wasn’t technically a lie. The watch hadn’t been on Bennett. It was in his desk drawer. But I didn’t want to talk about this with Callum. I needed some time alone with Zoey to sort through all the thoughts colliding in my head. Right now I could barely even look at him. He’d told me Bennett used the watch all the time. That he used it on me. And it didn’t seem like that was the case at all.
“Are you sure if wasn’t on him?” Zoey said.
“Positive.”
“Well, how thoroughly did you search him? Both front pockets? Both back ones?” She grabbed her butt like I didn’t know what back pockets were.
“Of course.”
“And you went deep enough? All the way down?”
“I know how pockets work.”
“Oh, did he get suspicious after your striptease? Or was it the fact that you only took his pants off during it? Because I told you to take his shirt off first…”
“I didn’t take his pants off.”
“What? Emma, that was a key part of the plan.”
Her plan. Not mine. “I told you I wasn’t doing any of that.”
“Then how did you distract him?”
I could feel Callum’s eyes burning into me. I wasn’t going to tell him about kissing Bennett. Or the fact that I’d touched Bennett’s penis. Or the fact that I was really freaking confused right now. “Look, I’m exhausted. I barely slept at all last night. I desperately need a nap. We’ll figure out another plan later, okay?”
Zoey shook her head. “You should have just followed my plan. But let’s go get you a nap. Because we’re going to need to strategize the rest of the day now. I’ll give you two a moment.”
I turned to finally meet Callum’s gaze.
“Are you okay?” he asked. “You look a little pale.”
“I’m just tired. Someone kept me up most of the night.” I tried to smile, but I knew it probably looked forced.
He definitely wasn’t buying my fake cheeriness. “Did he hurt you?”
“No.” I shook my head. “I really am just tired.”
“Okay.” He reached out and touched the side of my face. “You’d tell me if it was something else, right?”
He could definitely tell I was lying. But I nodded anyway.
He dropped his hand. And it felt like he was slipping away from me. I didn’t want that.
I believed Callum.
