My blush deepens. "Eww! Then why did Kai say that I could go?"
She looks at me dumbfounded. "Precisely, my point. Everybody hooks up with everybody. It's a no holds bar of alcohol, drugs, and filthy sex."
I've been to enough parties to know that drugs, alcohol, and sex play pivotal roles, but a no holds bar orgy is not something I've ever seen at one.
"That doesn't add up, Kai would throw himself in front of a bus before he let anybody see me naked."
My best friend's smile turns nefarious. "Exactly. The only conclusion is he's going to make his move."
Never.Confusion hits me like a brick to the face. I haven’t told her about me giving them blow jobs, but she knows everything else.
I shake my head in denial. "You can't mean that. Besides theheated glances, and his possessiveness, he's never given any inclination that he's interested in me. That's bullshit, AJ."
It can't be true, can it? No, he’s been in my bed all week, he would have made his move then. It’s not happening.
She's unfazed by my denial. "But is it? Think about it, Pres, he's gone out of his way to keep every male that doesn't have the last name Donovan away from you. If he hooks up with someone he is discreet and hasn't touched Amber since she told you she'd fucked him. You're the only girl he allows to touch him in public, and the only girl he sits by in classes. I've tried telling you time and time again that their behavior isn't normal, are you finally going to listen to reason?"
Was I? I don’t think so. Listening to her logic would be risky, because with it comes a semblance of hope, and where hope is birthed the possibility of danger is always in its wake.
If she's right, and our parents find out, it would be a shit show. I stand the chance of losing my mom.
I'm under no illusion that she would pick my side against Doug Donovan's. He's a god in her eyes, and while I've come to love him, he wouldn't let his reputation be sullied by his step daughter being his son's girlfriend. It's unprecedented, and my heart wouldn't survive a rejection of that caliber.
No, I need to stop this at all costs. Being with Leo tonight is the first step toward my freedom.
Watchingsports isn’t my favorite, but that sentiment jumps out the window every time Kai Donovan takes the field. He may not be the biggest rugby player out there, but he is the best.
According to all the major sports outlets, there is no one greater at the University level than my stepbrother. He could gopro if he wanted to, but he’s told me that while he loves it, it’s not his true passion.
His muscular legs move with more grace and agility than they should. He defies the laws of gravity when he sails through the air to make a catch. Seeing him in this element, his element, makes me question my decision to run away from him tonight.
My heart wants what she wants, but she's a damn fool. My mind knows the cruel reality of our situation. It knows that if I ever got another taste of the Donovan brothers, I'd never be the same. I'd be addicted, and I wouldn't survive the fall.
We’d never be able to go back to the relationship we have now. The other night could have ruined what we have. I can’t chance it again.
If I lost them, I'd have to change my name and join the peace corps or something drastic like that. There would be no other way of surviving for me.
The announcer's voice echoes throughout the night bringing me out of my despair. As he calls Kai’s name the crowd goes wild. That’s my cue to jump up and scream his name like I always do.
He runs out with one arm raised high above his head, his confidence rolls off of him in waves. An electric current follows his gaze as his eyes land on me.
For a fleeting moment a smile brightens his face, but all too soon his expression darkens into something else. Something heated and laced with untamed promises.
If I had any doubts about my earlier conversation with AJ, well I don't now. He means to have me, and rarely does Kai Donovan not get what he wants.
After the National Anthem he releases me from the vise-like grip of his gaze. With his attention back on the game, I push out a ragged breath.
AJ slaps my thigh in excitement, making me pinch hers in retaliation. I grunt. "Ouch, you sadist."
She laughs, rubbing the spot where I unleash my fury on her thigh. "That's exactly what you're going to yell at Kai after he pops your cherry."
Clamping her mouth shut with my hand, I whisper my disapproval. "O-M-G. Could you be any louder, I'm not sure people in the mountains of north Georgia heard you?"
She shrugs. "Don't deflect, you know him and those rugby moves are coming for you."
I shake my head. "I can't do it, I'd never make it out alive. We need to come up with some sort of scheme to get me away from him. So that I can hook up with Leo instead."
My best friend, studies me for a long while. She's trying to decipher if what I've said is truly what I want. In all honesty, I don't know. All I know at this point in time is that Leo is the best option for me tonight.
