Page 152 of Breaking Point
My brow quirks. “You have some competition.”
“I’ve never shied away from a challenge.”
Biting the inside of my cheek to stop myself from smiling, I settle on, “You should really go before Liz comes back with another thing to be cross about.”
He rolls his eyes but stands. “She always has something to be cross with me about.”
I stand too. “I’ll keep Bambi company. Now go.”
Before I can blink, he leans over and kisses my cheek, his lips sending electricity through my body. I don’t even have time to say anything before he’s walking toward the barn. Bambi also seems to watch him go in stunned silence.
“You and me both, Bambi. You and me both.”
A low whistle has me flinching.
“That man is smitten,” Layla says as she comes to stand beside me.
My breath hitches. “No, he isn’t. We’re in public, Lil.” I drop my voice. “It’s all a show.”
All fake, I remind myself.
Layla shakes her head. “I don’t think so. You should see how that man stares at you,” she says wistfully.
“How does he stare at me?”
“Like you’re his reason for breathing.”
My eyes lock on Grayson as he peeks over his shoulder at me one last time before disappearing into the barn.
Suddenly, my chest is tight. I need to change the topic.
“If we want to talk about being smitten, let’s talk about Kieran with his tongue hanging out. What the hell was that before?”
She winces. “I know. That was harsh, right?”
“Justifiably funny is more like it.”
Layla and I walk and talk around the park, hoping to have someone notice and adopt Bambi. People smile at her and the cute vest but don’t approach.
How odd.
Maybe because we don’t have a volunteer shirt on? Although Layla now has a Safe Haven Trails hat on her head and still has that clipboard in her hand which, as I peer over, I realize she’s been busy.
Layla groans. “I have no idea where that came from!”
“It’s okay. I mean, all things considered, it ended with him saying he wants to marry you, so I don’t think you knocked his ego down too much.” I pause. “As a matter of fact, do it again.”
She rolls her eyes. “I did… He found me.”
Eyeing her, I note that her cheeks are a little flushed. I pull Bambi and Layla both to a stop. She’s trying to lie. I gasp. “Oh my fucking god, are you attracted to Kieran?”
Layla’s eyes widen. “No!” A panicked look overcomes her before she blurts, “Well, I mean yes! Obviously he’s conventionally attractive.” She wrings her hands. “I’ve been keeping tabs on the puck bunny sites?—”
“There’s puck bunny sites?”
“You have no idea. Anyways, Kieran is on them a lot, and I meana lot.”
“That doesn’t surprise me. The man is a fuckboy.”
