" In which I get my heart broken by the player "
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Blake Harper doesn't do love. He's rude, quiet, brooding, and prefers to be alone. Like all bad boys, he's untamable and unclaimed, but he isn't sure what to do when the girl he sets his eyes on...
Shockwaves run up and down my spine, snapping it straight as every muscle tenses. I look at him, brows raised and eyes amazed, admiring how good he looks in only a grey sweatpants hanging low on his hips. I blush and glance at Avalon who isn't feeling the same instead the opposite.
" I don't like it when you wear only pants, Blake. "
He ignores her and heads for a seat. My breathing catches in my lungs when he sits right beside me. He notices me with a side glance of his eyes.
My stomach clenches as I look away.
The atmosphere is suffocating and I'm very uncomfortable, and so is Avalon.
" Catalina, I've been wanting to ask you but I always seem to forget. We're going to a party tomorrow, would you like to come? "
" Tomorrow is Wednesday? "
A gruff chuckle attracted everyone's eyes. I frown when he is shaking his head and lips pulled back in a smirk, humored. Was what I said funny to him? I should feel glad I did something that pleased him but the way he's acting feels like he's mocking me.
" What? Got something to say? " Avalon sneers.
Gabriel hugs her into him and says, " Babe, not now. "
Blake looks at me and my skin starts to tingle, my heart beats faster, and nerves swarm around my belly. Eyes so dark like whiskey made me shiver in sensations. Even if they're laughing at me, it feels good.
" Are you that good, pulchra? "
I gasp. I blink, frown, and stare at him for a good long moment. Did he call me beautiful? I must've misheard.
My cheeks heat when he tilts his head to admire something about me.
" What? " I blurt and cringe in embarrassment.
He snorts and gets up, ditching the place. I watch him, drawn to his back muscles and how they bulged whether he moved an arm. Squeezing my thighs, I'm surprised with a sensuality down there.
" What did he say, Catalina? "
I look up at Avalon, dazed.
" Huh? "
" Was he mean? What does that word mean? "
Realizing yet again what he meant, everything is on fire. My heart. My skin. My stomach. My cheeks. Wow, he truly did call me beautiful. It sounded funny when he said it, took me a second to understand, but when I knew I could swear my chest was aching.
" No. It just means Latin in Latin, " I lie.
Avalon frowns, conflicted. Gabriel and she looks at one another.
" Is that what it means? "
My heart drops. Shit. Gabriel understands Spanish. I start to panic, feeling how my heart throbs in my throat.
" Yeah. It means Latin. "
I sigh quietly and feel myself calm down. He didn't make eye contact with me and just smiled at her, and at that moment I knew me lying to my best friend in front of her lover was the stupidest thing to have done. He doesn't approve, that much is clear, but if he knew that was a lie then why did he lie to her?
Maybe because he knows that it isn't what his friend usually does?
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I hurry to take the plates to the sink when Gabriel grabs my wrist. Looking at him in confusion, he has a disappointing look on his face. I flinch.
" Stay away from him, Catalina. "
My brows furrow.
" What? "
" Stay. Away. From. Him, " he said more sternly, eyes not demanding but pleading. Why?
" Catalina! We need to go or we'll be late. "
He lets go of me and leaves me dumbfounded. What was that about?
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I'm not feeling the chapter but I have to get it up for you guys <3
