Page 108 of Play Fake

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I lean back in my seat, trying to keep my face neutral, but my heart’s thudding way too hard for a bus ride.

I don’t even realize Logan’s awake until I hear him mutter, “Damn, dude. That’s hot.”

He’s blinking blearily, squinting at my phone.

I smack him on the back of the head. “Eyes on your own screen, asshole.”

He groans and pulls his hood back down. “Whatever, Romeo.”

I shift again, trying to get comfortable, but the warmth under my skin isn’t going anywhere, and neither is the bulge forming in my pants. Talk about a bad time for that.

you’re trouble.

Sophie: You like trouble.

She’s not wrong. I bite back a grin, the bus suddenly feeling way too warm.

Sophie: Still thinking about that picture?

I smirk. That jersey, her bare legs, that grin? I swear it’s tattooed on the inside of my eyelids.

you’re lucky I’m not there right now.

Sophie: Why’s that?

because there’s no way I’d be keeping my hands to myself.

I stare at the screen, heart thudding hard enough I can feel it in my throat.

Sophie: And here I thought you had incredible self-control.

She’s teasing me. She knows what she’s doing.

not when it comes to you.

I shift in my seat, trying to discreetly adjust the tension that’s been building in my body since her first text. My focus is shot to hell.

I’m supposed to be reviewing plays right now. instead I’m thinking about how that jersey barely covers you.

Sophie: It really doesn’t. It would come off pretty easily, though.

Jesus.

I roll my lips together, resisting the urge to groan. Logan shifts beside me in his sleep, completely unaware of the chaos happening inches away.

my mind is officially in places it should not be while I’m stuck on a bus with thirty other guys.

Sophie: Good. That was the goal.

I exhale, drag a hand down my face, and glance around to make sure no one else is reading over my shoulder.

you’re gonna kill me.

Sophie: Not before I drive you crazy first.

too late.

The image of her in my jersey is seared into my brain, and now her voice is there too—soft, teasing, right in my ear.

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