Chapter 263

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I watched him, his face all flushed, a couple of beads of sweat on his nose. I couldn't help but smile.

He turned away, clearly trying to recover, so I focused back on the road, deciding not to push my luck.

The whole "hard" thing had left us both too stunned to speak.

After a few awkward minutes, I remembered what he said about spending time together and decided to break the silence. "So, where do you wanna go?" "Do you have plans this afternoon?" Hayden asked.

"Nope!" I answered way too fast, sounding like I was way too excited or something.

Hayden's serious look melted into a smile. "Cool. I've got somewhere I wanna take you."

I decided to stay quiet this time, trying to play it cool.

"I'll set the navigation. Just follow it," he said, like I'd already agreed.

We ended up on the outskirts of town, in this remote area with nothing but overgrown grass and a shimmering in the distance.

"What are we doing here? Thinking of clearing some land and starting a farm?" I joked.

Hayden looked around and, to my surprise, said, "Yeah.

probably stick to playing with

him, but after a few steps, something small and fast darted through the grass. I let out a scream, "Ah-!" Hayden turned around instantly,

launching myself at him, arms around his

high jump, but this was a perfect 10. I latched onto him like

me, his hands supporting my

snake!" I yelped, my

sure if I'd actually seen a

seriously, what else could be slithering around in

of those creepy things. I mean, even a caterpillar could send

and started walking away from the grassy

exactly he was apologizing for, but he

shock, clinging to him like my life depended on it, until he asked, "Wanna

strangling him,

t

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left red marks.

face burning with embarrassment. "Sorry," I mumbled, then hurried over to the edge of the lake, trying to pretend I wasn't totally mortified. Hayden

around to look at the barren land behind us. "Hayden, don't

stared at him, completely stunned. I never imagined he'd

want it?"

blurted out, not

into

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