“Yeah,” I replied, grabbing my shit. “I’ll text you guys later if Kenzlee hasn’t murder me and left my body to rot somewhere.”
Hunter laughed. “Well, she only made references to not kidnapping Alex anymore. She didn’t say anything about you kidnappingher.”
“Christ,” I guffawed. “Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.”
Handing Hunter my textbook, we left sixth period, and I headed towards Kenzlee’s locker hoping I wouldn’t have to have Alex kidnapped for a second time today. I knew they had seventh period together, but I wasn’t sure just how willing Kenzlee would be to leave with me.
Not after the way I fucked up this morning.
I’ve always been an asshole, but I never realized how arrogant I was until Kenzlee revealed all the bullshit she’s been having to deal with the past couple of years. All this time I thought she didn’t have anything better to do than deal with this unexplainable attraction between us, and I really believed she was just being snobby and difficult. I really convinced myself that whatever was going on between us should be her main priority.
Because it had become mine.
I saw her standing at her locker and her back was towards me and it didn’t escape me how unhealthy it was to be happy she couldn’t see me coming so she could escape. I stepped to her, and I knew the second she could feel me behind her because her body tensed, and she stopped breathing.
I did the only thing I could do.
I leaned down and placed a soft kiss on the side of her neck. With my lips against the shell of her ear, I whispered, “Go home with me, White.”
Kenzlee’s shoulders sagged, and I knew I had her.
I knew she didn’t want me to have her, but I did.
She turned her head slightly but wouldn’t look at me. “Why?”
She knew why; she just wanted to hear the words. “So I can apologize with you naked underneath me, Kenzlee,” I answered honestly. “So I can show you just how very sorry I am, baby.”
“I hate you, Talon,” she said, her voice breaking apart with each syllable.
I wrapped my arms around her waist from behind and pulled her to me. Ignoring all the stunned glances and curious looks, I kept whispering in her ear. “No, you don’t,” I corrected her. “Youwishyou hated me. But you’re stuck in this just as badly as I am, White.”
She didn’t try to get away, but she did say, “You can’t treat me like dirt, Talon. I won’t allow it.”
“And you can’t treat me like I don’t matter, because I won’t allowthat,” I countered. I unwrapped my arms from around her waist and told her, “Put your shit up, text Alex, and let’s go.”
Kenzlee turned to face me and my knees almost buckled.
She looked…ready; accepting.
My hand reached up to cradle her face. “Tell me you love me, White,” I ordered.
She shook her head. “I can’t possibly love you, Talon,” she denied. “It’s only been days…”
“Tell me you love me, Kenzlee,” I repeated.
Her surrender was there in her light brown eyes. “I love you, Talon,” she whispered-finally.
Chapter 16
The desire that consumes us.
Talon~
My mom working herself to death had always brought out dark emotions in me whenever I thought about how hard she worked. But, for the first time ever, I was happy she had two jobs. It meant she wasn’t home, and I needed all the privacy I could get having Kenzlee with me.
After putting her stuff up, she had texted Alexandria, and quietly left with me. It’s the first time a girl’s been in my car besides Edie and, while my car hadn’t come right out of the junkyard, I hadn’t forgotten that this girl has ridden in Mercedes, BMWs, and Cadillacs. My car was a simple white Toyota Tacoma that I had actually won in a fight a year ago.
However, Kenzlee didn’t say anything or act differently when I had opened the door for her and helped her in. I let her set the radio stations to whatever her favorite stations were, and there was a distinct feeling of contentment in that small act. I had also told her she could connect her playlist if she wanted to, but she acted like that was akin to proposing marriage and assured me she was fine with the radio adjustments.
