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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.

heart beating in my chest furiously as his touch burned through my skin

over at him slowly, staring

but I wasn’t sure a coherent word would slip out

I didn’t think I’d even be able

staring at me deeply, switching between my eyes and my lips. “Layla,” When he breathed out my name, his warm breath literally brushed

feels like a soft

perhaps that was just

showing around doesn’t mean

I went to her

needed to

cool as I shrugged.

owe me an

more interested in the books than him. “Whatever arrangement we had is off remember?

do I care.”

lip as I felt it wobble a bit because

I was hell bent on

wanted nothing more than for the floor to open up and swallow me

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

again my throat tighten ing as

a manwhore, sinking into any hole he pleases had been

all up in my head by a damn fantasy that would never

hell out of this neighborhood and

my 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 something that

eyes darken and his jaw grows

stiff with a clench.

came to explain this to you in the first place.”

matter if I explained to you what happened or not. You’d still not take my word for it because you see me as nothing more than a guy who likes to

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