Page 114 of The Rookie

I snort, shaking my head. “Sorry to disappoint. No sexy professor stories here.”

Griffin smirks, taking a slow sip of his drink. “Shame.”

I pretend I don’t notice the way his eyes darken slightly over the rim of his glass.

“My turn,” Kayla announces. “Never have I ever… had a one-night stand.”

Jake and I both take a drink, and so does Kayla.

Griffin?

Griffin does not drink.

Kayla pauses, mid-sip. “Wait. Wait. What?”

Jake narrows his eyes at him. “Knox, you’re telling me you’ve never?—?”

“A one night stand is when you sleep with a girl, and plan to never sleep with her again, correct?”

“Uh…yeah,” Jake says.

“Right then.” Griffin just shrugs, unbothered, and takes another slow sip of his drink. “No, I never had one of those. Never felt like it.”

Jake blinks at him. “Seriously?”

He raises an eyebrow. “What? Just because I have a reputation doesn’t mean I sleep around.”

Kayla leans in, wiggling her fingers dramatically. “Ooooh, Griffin Knox is secretly a romantic.”

“It’s not that deep,” he says, but he’s definitely fighting a smirk.

Jake tilts his head, considering. “Okay. Fine. But what about this?—”

He grins wickedly.

“Never have I ever…had someone go down on me.”

I take a sip without hesitation. Kayla does too. So does Jake, the cocky bastard.

But then—Griffin doesn’t drink.

A silence falls over the table. Swallowing down another nervous sip, I realize that we didn’t exactly get to that yesterday. We were so…preoccupied with many other things and positions.

Kayla freezes. Jake’s mouth drops open.

I pause mid-sip, blinking at him.

"Wait." Kayla sets her drink down, eyes wide. "WHAT?!"

Jake leans forward, pointing at Griffin. “Are you saying… that has never happened to you?”

Griffin shrugs again, looking completely unbothered. “Nope.”

“NOPE?!” Kayla shrieks. “Knox, I’m sorry, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOPE?”

Jake is losing his mind. “Dude. DUDE.”

I stare at Griffin, giggling to myself. I mean, Kayla and Jake know we’re hooking up at this point. So what’s the use in me hiding it?

---