I swallowed hard. God, I loved when he looked at me like that. I turned back to the condoms and grabbed a box of very normal looking ones that were on sale.
“Much better choice,” he said. “Let’s get out of here.”
“But we should buy something else so we don’t look…”
“Like sex fiends? I’m minutes away from fucking you in this store. That would make it look a little worse, don’t you think?”
“You wouldn’t dare.”
He paused in the aisle, and slowly backed me up until my butt hit one of the shelves. “Do you want to bet?”
Kind of.Not because I thought he wouldn’t. But because I thought he might. And I’d really been looking forward to this moment. The last thing we needed was to get arrested though. I ducked under his arm and hurried up to the register.
As I suspected, the old man looked shocked by my purchase. Especially when Miller came up and put his arm around my shoulders. It was like he was trying to embarrass me. Or torture me. Or something. But it wasn’t working. Because he’d turned me on so much back in that aisle that all I could think about was getting home.
I grabbed the bag and raced out of the store. I wasn’t nervous anymore. Just excited.
Runaway - Chapter 34
Saturday
“You didn’t seem nearly as mortified about buying condoms as I thought you would,” Miller said.
“Were you trying to mortify me?”
He shrugged as he unlocked the car.
“What does that shrug mean?”
He climbed into the car, ignoring my questions.
I climbed in too. “Seriously, what does that shrug mean?”
“I’m just trying to make sure you’re ready for this step.”
“And buying condoms without being embarrassed is some kind of test to make sure I’m ready to have sex?”
He didn’t respond.
“I’m not a virgin, Miller.”
For a second he just looked…surprised. And then he shook his head. “Okay.” He turned his attention to the windshield and put the car into drive. He pulled out onto the road without another word.
Wait. He thought I was a virgin?I stared at him as we drove home in silence. I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to say to fixthis. I wasn’t a virgin. I couldn’t exactly undo what I’d already done.
Miller pulled the car into park outside our house. But neither of us moved.
“I was engaged,” I said. It was the only thing I could think of to say.
“I know.”
“Then why are you surprised about this?”
“I’m not.”
“You’re acting surprised.”
“I’m not surprised. I’m pissed.” He stepped out of the car and slammed the door.
