My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

“Are you with someone else? Or does someone have a claim on you?” Is he angry? Why does he sound angry?

“Excuse you?!” I step back as my temper flares for a second, but I close my eyes and take a breath in and reign it in. I need to talk to him, we need answers. “No, nothing like… just… let’s just sit down and I can explain.” Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

We grab a booth in the back and he sits across from me looking skeptical. The waitress is quick to get to us and we both order the same thing. Tyler never takes his eyes off of me. “You have someone, is that why you are reluctant with me?”

He does not even mince words.

“No, I don’t, but it’s complicated. I’m complicated.”

“How so?” Still irritated. I am doing everything to not return the sentiment in my tone.

“How old are you Tyler?”

“Twenty two, why? How is this relevant to you having a boyfriend?’ I ignore him.

siblings? A

sister, yes. Where are

I’m not really as strange as I sound. Well, maybe I am. Who knows.” I fidget with my ponytail which is still wet and take a

sister went off to college, because she

for him to catch on. It took a couple minutes. He blinks at me, then his eyes go wide and his face pales. “Oh f*ck! Are you serious?! If you are serious I am a dead man.” He rubs his hand over his mouth, his breathing more shallow. “Yep, I am a dead man. No one has a

”

you caught me.”

jackass, the point of hiding is to not be seen. But he’s not as dumb as we thought, is he?” Osiston decides to chime in. I

but I told you I’m new at all of this and I just came here to go

so I

I thought it was just

my best friends’ boyfriend, who is like my older brother.

on the phone talking this morning and I didn’t know he was in earshot of the conversation, but I was telling her about the run last night and he got mad at me for being out with college guys without anyone to protect me, basically. Overprotective doesn’t even begin to describe him. He told me I needed to come home, which pissed me

you are telling me that you are seven years younger than me, but taking the same college level

definitely has a problem with the age difference,