Page 112 of Outcast
“It was terrifying at first,” I said with a laugh. “But then it was really fun. I don’t know the last time I’ve felt that free, you know?” I shook my head. “Thought I was gonna shit my pants when Chelle looked right at us.”
“Oh, you know her?”
“Well, yeah. You know her too. She was on the cheer squad with Allison in high school.”
“Huh. Well, I didn’t pay much attention to the girls in high school.” He winked at me. “I was more interested in the pitcher of the baseball team.”
“Not the quarterback?”
He snorted. “Todd what’s-his-face? No, thank you. He was such a douche.”
“And Dallas wasn’t?”
Gray’s grin disappeared. Shoot. The words had just spilled out. But Dallas wasn’t any better a memory for Gray than for me.
“I didn’t everlikeDallas.”
“No? But I thought…”
“He came on to me, and I didn’t have any other options, you know? I was in the closet. It was impulsive and a huge fucking mistake.”
“Because you got caught.”
“Yeah, that, but either way, it would have been a mistake to give that asshole any leverage over me. He’s not a good guy. Not then and not now.”
“Yeah, I know.” I pulled out my phone, the ten Instagram notifications glaring at me. I waved it at Gray. “He doesn’t really know how to take no for an answer.”
Gray took my phone, opened the DMs, and cursed under his breath. “What the fuck? Has he been doing this the whole time?”
“Nah, this started yesterday evening. I blocked his phone number, so now he’s cycling through all my social media.”
Gray’s eyes narrowed as he read a lewd message about Dallas’s cock tearing up my ass. He sat up straight, body radiating tension. “I should go kick his ass.”
“No, I don’t want you getting in trouble. His dad is the sheriff.”
“I don’t give a fuck about that,” Gray said flatly.
I took the phone back, navigating through the menus until I could hit Block. “There. Messages gone. He can’t contact me again.”
“Not on Insta. What about the others?”
“I’ll block him everywhere. I would have done it already, but someone kept me a little busy last night and this morning.”
His lips quirked, and he relaxed back on one elbow, some of his tension ebbing away. “Should I apologize for monopolizing your time?”
I leaned in to kiss him. “Don’t you dare.”
He wrapped his hand around the nape of my neck and held me in place as he deepened the kiss. There was something about the way Gray used his size and strength to hold me that got to me every time.
I climbed into his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing him until I was breathless.
“You’re gonna make it hard to get back on that bike if you keep it up,” he teased. “Unless you want to get it on outside where anyone could see us? Could be sexy.”
My face flamed. “Yeah, I don’t think I’m that adventurous.”
He got to his feet and held out a hand to me. “Didn’t think so. It’s going to be unbearably hot soon, anyway. Let’s head back.”
I joined him on the walk back to the bike. “Thanks for taking me out today. It really has been great.”
