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I was still gru lot, when a deep voice fro to a stop

"So how about that naht when I saw hi there Same cocky smirk, his tattoos on display beneath his black shirt, his dark eyes hidden fro down on the inside of lanced around us before teasing hi hed and stepped closer "I was about to ask you the sah I’ve been thinking about you all weekend, I’ soht a s to try and charo on a date? Nice"

Not waiting for his response, I quickly walked into the restaurant, and irlfriend, Erica, with hian said anything?

They both stood when they saw an pulled

"Good to see you, Ray"

"Why couldn’t I bring Parker if Erica is here? Mom said it was just supposed to be us"

"Well" His eyes glanced at so over my head, and a smile crossed his face as he releasedat, goose buht behindon that na daggers directly above hing on Friday"

"What?" I whispered I was beyond confused, and still annoyed at this guy

Erica gave the guy a tight hug before Keegan shrugged and slapped his shoulder "You can’t really be ain

Keegan put a hand on uy "Reagan, this isyou about, Coen Steele Steele, this is an?" Coen asked with a hint of aer and e to punch theht Hudson owedof," he said suddenly as he looked back at irl? He’d told an when you ran into each other I heard your voice, coulda sworn it was youand then when you caht, you confiret past the fact that Coen had told an had tried to set an pushedto stare at us"

A tan, tattooed arrabbed the back of my chair to pull it out, but stopped halfway "I find it funny that you’d accusewith you before a dateand apparently you and your brother had already been talking about me You sure you didn’t know about this?"

"If I would have known, I wouldn’t have shown up," I gritted out, and then it hit et an hadan I didn’t want to be set up with anyone, one behind o hoet away fro Cry

I schooledon not tearing up whenWith a hard look directed at my brother, I turned and walked quickly away froan’s voice easily carried over the loud restaurant, but I didn’t stop

I was at er seat, when Keegan turnedin

"What the hell, Ray?"

"How could you all do that to

"We just--­"

"Why can’t you guys just be okay with the fact that I don’t want to be with anyone? I don’t want to date I don’t want to meet someone I don’t need a man in my--­" I broke off with a sob, and slapped a hand over ht of an’s face turned white "Sis," he crooned as he reached forhis hand away, I wiped quickly attouchit up, but I would never think you all would go behind an, we just want you to--­"

"I don’t care what you all want!" I yelled, and started to get in my SUV He tried to stop an! You were supposed to be on my side"

I couldn’t have moved him no matter how hard I tried, but he still took a step back and didn’t try to stop lanced at hi space; and tooutside the restaurant, his dark eyes focused onhe’d been out there, or how much he’d heard A part of me wassure I never would again, but I knew I’d never see hiain So I sed my humiliation, and drove back to my parents’ house