Page 36 of Wylder & the Rising Rockstar
A few minutes later, a knock sounded on the door.
“Come in, oh favorite one,” Wylder called. Killian pushed the door open, carrying two large travel cups of coffee. “Killian James, I think I’m in love with you. Don’t tell my boyfriend.”
Logan accepted his coffee. “It’s okay. Your boyfriend is in love with him too.” They shared a grin.
“Boyfriend?” Killian’s eyebrows shot up as a smile played on his lips. “That’s new.”
Wylder’s face flushed as chatter came to them through the open door. Will poked his head in, his cheeks going red when he saw Wylder and Logan together. “Uh, Killer, ready to go?”
“Killian.” Wylder’s stare shot lasers at him. “Did you bring the entire hockey team here?”
He pushed open the door to show the team crowded into the common room.
Wylder pulled the blanket over her head. It wasn’t until Logan joined her under the blanket she spoke. “I’m going to kill him,” she whispered.
“I know a guy,” Logan shot back.
“Really?”
“No, not really. What, you think my brother moonlights as an assassin?”
“He could.”
“Guys.” Killian laughed. “I’m just going to take my payment now and head to watch film with the team.”
Wylder slowly poked her head out. “Go ahead.”
“Logan,” he called. “I’ll return the backpack.”
“Wait, what?” Logan yanked the blanket down, but Killian was already gone. “Wylder, did you just trade all our pizza for coffee?”
“No.” She sipped her coffee and averted her eyes. “Okay, yes, but the alternative was us getting out of our cocoon.”
“The dining hall closed half an hour ago. Now what are we going to eat?”
“I still have those protein bars.” She gave him an innocent smile. “Yay chocolate?”
“It’s a good thing I like you.” He pulled her closer, his lips skimming her ear. “Want to know why?”
“Mmhmm.” She couldn’t form a single word.
“You’re confident.”
“Loud,” she corrected.
“Feisty.”
“Argumentative.”
“You never let anyone question who you are.” He kept talking before she could contradict him again. “You barely even blinked when handed the reins to a protest. After what you did today, I actually believe I can get on that stage at the review and not throw up. I want to be as brave as you, Wylder.”
She turned in his arms to look at him, setting her coffee on the side table. Her fingers traced the contours of his face, sliding around the back of his neck.
He wasn’t finished. “And you’re honest, probably the most honest person I’ve ever met.”
“No, I’m not.” The words slipped out, and she pulled her hand back, curling her fingers in. She hadn’t been honest with him in a while, and that knowledge threatened to suck the life right out of her. She couldn’t be Logan’s girlfriend until she told him the truth.
Her parents were wrong. Becks was wrong. Logan deserved to know where his twin was, he needed to know Luke was okay.
