Page 87 of Run For Me
“Is this a trick question?” he says.
“No?” I answer.
“Are you asking if you’re my girlfriend?”
Oh… okay. Now I see the confusion there.
“No. Is there someone else other than me?”
“No.” His word is final. Believable. But…
“How do I know I can trust you?”
“Why would I lie?”
“Why do people do anything they do?”
Silent again for a few seconds, and then, “Why are you asking me this? What happened?”
“Nothing hap—”
“Don’t lie to me, Sailor. You’re asking for my honesty, and I expect yours in return.”
He’s right. Damnit, he’s right.
“There was this girl,” I start, and I swear I feel his anger coming through the phone. “And she told me to leave her boyfriend alone.”
Those are the only words I’m able to get out before he speaks again.
“What led you to believe she was talking about me?” I open my mouth, but then he says, “Wait. Is this why you asked for my name?”
I roll my lips between my teeth.
Caught.
“Yeah.” I hear a shaky breath on the other end of the phone. “Are you—”
“I’ll call you back,” he growls before ending the call. I stare at the phone, wondering if I should call him back. He sounded mad—so mad. I don’t think it was at me, but why is he mad? I need to know. So, I call him back.
Chapter Fifty-Two
Jaxon
When my phone rings, I’m already out the door. If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t answer. And though I have a feeling what she’s going to say, I answer anyway.
“Sailor, I said I’d call you back.”
“I need to know something first,” she rambles off.
“What?”
I get into my car and wait to start it so the phone doesn’t connect to the Bluetooth.
“Why are you so angry about this?”
“Because I’m tired of people meddling in my business.”
“But if it’s not true, it shouldn’t matter.”
