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Layla’s pov

But instead of blasting those words to him, I pressed my lips together and clenched my eyes tightly to control my anger and frustration.

What would be the point in telling a guy who clearly

doesn’t want something more than a sexual relationship that you want him?

I refuse to be a laughing stock and refuse to make him know how much he had affected me in just a few days.

“Mad at what?” | asked, playing oblivious to his state ment. I slide off the chair and rose to my feet just to move away from his body.

His close proximity was messing with my head.

“Did you not see the picture?” Tyler asked with confusion swirling in his tone as he followed me to a row of book

shelves.

I have no idea what I’m looking for. In fact, I didn’t need

another book. I just needed to put some distance between us.

But clearly, that wasn’t working.

Tyler followed me until he practically hovered over my

frame.

| pretend to skim my fingers through the back of the books as I answered. “What picture are you talking about ex actly?” | played dumb, biting my tongue when I heard the loud sigh of his frustration breathing out beside me.

” Layla,” Tyler called out beside me and traps my wrist in his hold.

my chest furiously as his touch burned through my skin and sent

at him slowly, staring at

him to continue speaking but I wasn’t sure a coherent word would slip out of my

I didn’t think I’d even be able to

switching between my eyes and my lips. “Layla,” When he breathed out my name, his warm

feels like

that was just

showing around doesn’t

to

needed to hear.

cool as I shrugged. “What you do is your

owe me

like I was more interested in the books than him. “Whatever arrangement

do I care.”

bit into my bottom lip as I felt it wobble

emotions I was hell bent on

I wanted nothing more than for the

schooled my face enough, I continued. “I don’t care what you do with anyone Tyler,” I looked at him and I fight my beating heart

shrugged again my throat tighten ing as my own words got to me by how true they

was a manwhore, sinking into any hole he pleases had been his

in my head by a damn fantasy that

of this neighborhood and

stupid heart and even more stupid fantasies get in the way of

narrowed on my face and I was sure he was trying to find

he found none, his eyes darken and his jaw grows

stiff with a clench.

sure why I came to explain this to you in the first place.” He laughed dryly

or not. You’d still not take my word for it

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