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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.

froze, my heart beating in my chest furiously as his touch burned through my skin and sent tingles from my stomach

at him slowly, staring

for him to continue speaking but I wasn’t sure a

think I’d even

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

like a

that was just my

showing around doesn’t

I went to her place

that’s all I needed to hear. I

shrugged.

owe me an

the books than him. “Whatever arrangement we had is off remember? You don’t owe me anything

do I care.”

bit into my bottom lip as I felt it wobble a bit

was

and I wanted nothing more than for the floor to open up

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

You’ve always been that way anyway.” I shrugged again my throat

a manwhore, sinking into any hole he pleases had been

in my head by a damn fantasy

focusing on was getting the hell out of this

let my stupid heart and even more stupid fantasies get in the way of achieving that goal I had set out

face and I was sure he was trying to find something that would

he found none, his eyes darken and his

stiff with a clench.

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

You’d still not take my word for it because you see me as nothing

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