Without looking in our direction, she says goodbye to her dad and then she and Parker head for the exit.
My heart is in my throat as I wait to see if she’s going to look back.
She shouldn’t. I don’t deserve even a second of her attention. But I still want it.
I want her to look into my eyes and see how much I regret how things ended last night.
I thought I was doing the right thing.
Being with herlast night terrified me.
It was so much more than our first time.
Knowing who she was and how many rules we were breaking became too much.
The guilt. The desire. The connection…
Add those to the beer, the high of the win and the exhaustion, and I was fucked.
Royally fucking fucked.
By the time they get to the exit, I’m attempting to come to terms with the fact she’s not going to look back at me. Maybe I’m not the reason she looks exhausted and didn’t eat any of her breakfast. Maybe she met back up with Parker in the bar and…
My body tenses at the thought of her having a second round with someone else.
She had every right to. Especially after the way I treated her.
What if she found another member of the team to cheer her up?
What if it was Linc?
He didn’t appear for a few more hours, and when he did, he stumbled into the room, crashing around and cursing in his awful attempt not to wake me up.He was about as quiet as a fucking hippo on ice skates.
Luckily, I’d been lying there awake, questioning my life choices.
It couldn’t have been Linc. He might be a flirt, but he’s not stupid.
Not like me, apparently.
I’m fucked.
Just when I think they’re both going to disappear around the corner as if we’re not sitting here, Parker looks back.
But she isn’t looking at just anyone. Her eyes immediately find mine and then narrow in warning.
I sit back as if she physically struck me, my heart slamming against my ribs.
She knows.
Not only that; she wants to hurt me for what I’ve done.
“Fuck,” I whisper-hiss the second they’re out of sight.
“You okay, man?” Handsy asks, and when I glance over, he’s studying me closely.
“Y-Yeah, of course. Just looking forward to getting back to my girl.” It’s not a lie. I’m desperate to see Sutton. I just wish she was my only focus.
“I don’t know how you do it,” he says, clearly happy with my excuse. “Dealing with bunnies is hard enough, but a kid? Fuck, bro.”
