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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 tingles from my stomach to between

at him slowly, staring at

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

even be

eyes and my lips. “Layla,” When he breathed out my name, his warm breath literally brushed my

feels like

was just my

picture Karen’s showing around doesn’t mean

to her place

to hear.

cool as I shrugged. “What you do is your

don’t owe me an

and acted like I was more interested in the books than him. “Whatever arrangement we had is

do I care.”

my bottom lip as I

was

side of my face and I wanted nothing more than for the floor to open up and swallow me

you do with anyone Tyler,” I

always been that way anyway.” I shrugged again my throat tighten ing as my own

manwhore, sinking into any hole

up in my head by a damn fantasy that would never happen was a waste of

hell out of this neighborhood and making sure I got into

more stupid fantasies get

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

found none, his eyes

stiff with a clench.

the first place.” He laughed dryly and takes a step

happened or not. You’d still not take my word for it because you see me as nothing more than a guy who

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