Page 115 of Prey

There was no way Trent wanted me so bad that he’d risk bodily injury to make it happen.

Kai took a sip of his beer. I did the same thing.

“He’s been gunning for the VP position long before Roman joined the club, and is still stiff that it didn’t automatically go to him.”

“Because his dad was the former VP?” I asked, thinking back to their conversation.

Kai nodded.

I wrinkled my nose. “He would have made a terrible one.”

He looked at me for a beat before he threw his head back and laughed.

I relaxed back in my chair and took another drink, getting back that nice little buzz, only now, it was more like a noticeable hum in the back of my head.

“You know something, Kai?”

“What?”

“You’re not too bad,” I said, taking a sip of my beer.

He chuckled. “Ah, thanks. You’re not too bad either, Ryleigh.”

I sniffed. “That is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.”

He looked at me, frowning a bit. “I hope that’s not true.”

I shrugged. “Roman says nice things about me all the time, but he’s also, like, horny ninety percent of those times, so you know… I don’t remember what we were talking about.”

My voice trailed off as I tried to think back to why I brought up Roman’s horniness.

Kai groaned. “Ah, I don’t really want to hear about that, Ryleigh.”

“Are you sure?”

“Positive,” he said dryly.

“Well, that’s a shame. It’s a great topic.”

He laughed. “I dare you to bring that up in front of Micah.”

I frowned at that. “Nah, he’s too scary.”

He shook his head, his eyes twinkling. Kai had nice eyes. I could see why so many of the girls on campus had a crush on him.

I reached over and poked his cheek.

He pulled back in surprise.

“Ryleigh, why are you poking Kai?” Roman asked, seeming to have come out of thin air.

I didn’t care. I smiled wide at him and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him in closer to me.

I was surprised he didn’t come over when Trent was here, but it seemed he didn’t know about that, and I wasn’t going to be the one to tell him.

I didn’t want to ruin the mood.

He laughed and held me off. “Are you having fun?”

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