Page 17 of Sweet Little Lies
“I don’t know why she keeps saying no, because I know she really wants to say yes.”
Cade scrunches his nose up and comments snarkly. “Says every rapist out there.”
I throw the ball at Cade’s chest hard, but he catches it without even flinching.
“You know that’s not what I meant. I’m very respectful of her. When she stops things between us, I don’t push it. I like her too much.”
Cade dribbles past me and stops, turning back and setting the ball against his hip.
“So, you guys have hooked up before?”
Walking toward him, I grab the ball out of his arms and make a jump shot from the side of the court. It arcs perfectly and fills the hoop with aswish.
I shrug, trying to keep things cool and nonchalant. I don’t want him to know just how deep I am with this girl.
“Nah. Just made out a few times at parties. She always puts the brakes on before it goes too far.”
“Well you did put the smooth moves on her that one time when you made her breakfast at our place.”
I smile and nod at the memory. It was early on after meeting Mica when I realized she wasn’t like all the other hoops hunnies I’d been hanging and banging. While she was quiet, she wasn’t shy in the way Kylah was. She spoke her mind when she felt like it. And she had no problems with shutting me down when I got out of hand.
I had thought at the time inviting her over for breakfast would’ve scored me points with Mica. Proved to her that I liked her enough to go all out to treat her better than any other girl I’ve been with. Although I wouldn’t say no if she wanted to jump in bed with me, I just enjoyed hanging out with her that morning.
And ever since.
I know she has her doubts about me. I get it. Whether that’s something to do with me personally, or just because of her own hang-ups, I want to show her a different side of me that no one else has seen.
And to prove to her that I’m worthy of her when and if she finally takes a chance.
