Page 171 of Breaking Point
Before I can respond he’s walking back into the kitchen, leaving me sitting out here breathless, turned on and wanting to mount him.
Before I can talk myself out of it, I’m rising, rushing for the kitchen. “Grayson, I?—”
My words die as I find him white-knuckling his plate in front of the whiteboard calendar. Tension fills his body. If I touched him, I’d be surprised if I found anything other than a rock.
“Grayson, are you all right?” I whisper, the newfound confidence to go after him vanishing at the sight.
He doesn’t hear me.
Doesn’t flinch.
I don’t think he’s even breathing.
Slowly stepping toward him, his gaze remains locked on the calendar, his eyes hard as steel. I gently take the plate from him, and I’m surprised he lets me. Placing it in the sink quickly, I turn back to ask what’s wrong, only to find him looking down at me with a mask over his face.
The sight stuns me.
The man who blushes when he flirts is as cold as ice, his expression impenetrable.
He clears his throat, and hearing how soft his voice iscompared to the hardness of his body is jarring. “I’m not feeling well. I’m going to go lie down for the night.”
I blink in surprise, taking a step back. “O-okay, I can?—”
“You can hang out with Bambi if you want. I’ll see you next week.”
My head is spinning as he steps past me, not giving Bambi or me so much as a second glance. The pad of his heavy feet rings throughout the house as he walks upstairs.
Next week?
I work tomorrow.
I face the whiteboard, wishing to scream at the thing. What the fuck is on it that just made that man turn into a shell of who he is? That completely eradicated the goofy, flirting man that was no doubt working up to kissing me again?
Bambi looks off in the direction he left, a whine tumbling from her.
I’m not the only one who feels it.
Something is wrong.
Grayson goes silent for two days.
No texts.
No calls.
No emails.
Nothing.
And when I go to his house to check on him and Bambi, I find he’s changed the gate code and locked me out of not only his house but his life.
Chapter 44
Bella
BELLA
you changed the code?
