Page 51 of The Best Friend's Billionaire Brother
Gabby leaned back and smiled. “It’s just a bump on the head.”
Cupping her cheek, he rubbed his thumb across her cheek. “I think it would break my heart if something happened to you. No, I know it would.”
What was going on with him? He’d kissed her when they’d returned from Lubbock, and they’d had little interaction since then. “Really, I’m fine.”
“If I ask you something, will you be honest?” He dropped his hand from her face and sat back a little, his gaze continuing to bore through her.
She knitted her eyebrows together. Wyatt was acting so strangely. “As honest as I know how to be.”
“Are you and Bandit serious?” He held her gaze. “Like, really serious?”
She didn’t know how to respond. Did she ‘fess up and tell him it had been a lie? What then? If she told him the truth, he’d want to know why, and she wasn’t sure she could tell him. “Well…”
The word was barely spoken before he brought his lips down to hers. Was this his form of truth serum? If so, it had an excellent chance of working. His arms wrapped around her, pulling her flush to him.
With the second brush of his lips against hers, her lips parted, and he deepened the kiss. She slid her hands up his chest and around his neck, her fingers stretching into his hair. This kiss was nothing like the one they’d shared in the truck. It was hard and demanding, making her heart quicken with every second that passed.
He broke the kiss, trailing feathery open-mouth kisses from her lips to her collarbone, across the sensitive skin of her neck, to just below her ear where he stopped. “I’ve been thinking about kissing you since we came back from Lubbock.”
Blood rushed in her ears, making her almost ask him to repeat himself. “You have?”
He leaned back and held her gaze. The intensity was nearly smothering. “I’m a little mixed up as of late.”
“Me too,” she whispered.
“You and Bandit being together…”
Was that why he’d kissed her? Because he thought she was with Bandit. It sure didn’t feel that way. Plus, she knew Wyatt. He’d never hurt Bandit like that. She shook her head. “I’m—”
Carrie Anne charged into Gabby’s room. “Hey!”
Startled, Wyatt jumped up and stuffed his hands in his back pockets. “Hey.”
“Am I interrupting something?”
Wyatt strode to the door. “Nope, and I’m late meeting the guys. You ladies have fun with your party. Just don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” The hard look he gave Gabby made her want to crawl under something.
With that, he was gone, and Gabby felt blindsided. Beyond that, her head was beginning to throb.
“What just happened?” Carrie Anne asked.
Gabby blinked. The last thing she wanted to do at the moment was talk about Wyatt or kissing him. Not when her head was pounding. “I ran into him coming up the stairs and hit my head. He was just making sure I was okay.”
Her friend approached the bed and sat down. “You hit your head? Should we call a doctor?”
“No, I’m okay. Just some pain medicine, and I’ll be good.” She pulled her cell phone out of her pocket. “I have less than forty-five minutes to get ready. I need to hurry and get a shower.”
“Are you sure? My party isn’t worth my best friend being in pain.”
Gabby patted Carrie Anne’s hand. “I’m fine. Let me get ready.”
Carrie Anne gave her a hard look before standing. “Okay, but knowing you have a bump on the head, I’ll be watching you like a hawk tonight.”
“Okay.” Gabby chuckled.
Carrie Anne walked to the door and shut it behind her as she left.
Gabby palmed her forehead and lay back, staring at the ceiling. She knew she had to hurry, but her thoughts were in a whirlwind. Wyatt had kissed her when he thought she was with Bandit. He’d been cheated on, and now he probably felt like he was going behind his friend’s back.
