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I tried to keep my eyes on his face, not wanting him to think I was checking him out. He was in nothing but his boxers, and I could feel my face heating.

“Uh, yeah. One of Riley’s friends was in a car accident tonight, so we went to the hospital to check on them and got their car towed,” I blurted out, his eyebrow arching.

“That was nice of you both.” When I stayed quiet, he motioned to Riley’s room. “Are you going to bed, or are you going to stand there cluttering the hallway?”

He gave me a teasing grin, making me relax. “It’s a nice hallway. I’m just enjoying the view.”

I didn’t realize how bad that sounded until I remembered he was in his underwear right in front of me, and pure horror raced through me.

I didn’t hear Riley approach until she let out a gag. “Ew. Are you flirting with my dad?”

My entire face was on fire, and I spun around to glare at her. “No. What the fuck?”

She smirked, reaching out to touch my heated skin with the back of her hand. “Aw, you totally were, you’re burning up for him. You’re so defensive that you even swore.”

“I love you Riley, but you’re a dick,” Skeeter grumbled. “Go to fucking bed.” Then he stalked back to the bedroom and shut the door.

“I hate you.” I scowled as I walked into her room, her dry chuckle following me as she locked us inside.

“You totally asked for it. I was only joking.”

She startled me as she pushed my face down onto the bed, her breath tickling my ear as she straddled my ass. “If you’ve got daddy issues, baby, I can work with that. You can call me daddy if you want.”

“Don’t be weird,” I said, laughing lightly before moaning as she leaned down and sucked my skin between her lips, branding my neck with another hickey. “You can’t seriously want to get naked again.”

She pulled back, admiring the mark she’d left on me before running her hands down my spine, her fingers teasing my waist. “If it were up to me, you’d never put clothes on and my tongue would never leave your pussy. Are you sore?”

“A little bit,” I admitted awkwardly, twisting my head around to peer up at her. “We can mess around if you want though.”

She eyed me for a moment before dropping down beside me, sliding an arm around my waist. “No. You don’t feel like it.”

“It’s not that,” I said with a cringe. “I’m just tired and—”

“I don’t care,” she replied firmly, cutting me off. “If you’re tired or don’t feel like it for any reason, then that’s a no. Was that asshole making you fuck him when you didn’t want to?”

Violence shone in her eyes, and I quickly shook my head. “No. Forget I said anything.”

She didn’t believe me, but she sat up and stripped off, undressing me before pulling the blanket over us and curling her body around mine to spoon me.

“Sleep, Lou. You look beat.”

She didn’t have to tell me twice.

* * *

It was Monday, and I’d been pleasantly surprised when Riley had shown up at school. I’d spent Sunday night at home, and slept like shit without her. I wasn’t used to sleeping beside someone, so I wasn’t expecting to miss it so badly.

Some of the other students had been glancing at us all morning, so I knew they’d heard gossip about our friendship becoming more. I ignored them, and Riley wasn’t acting any differently than she normally did.

I wrote notes throughout the lecture, rolling my eyes when I noticed Riley was napping. It drove me insane that she didn’t give a shit about her education. She was smart, but even smart kids fell behind if they missed too much.

I studied her, her chin on her chest and her hood over her head. Her arms were crossed, and I watched her chest as it rose and fell with each breath.

“You’re not being very discreet,” Landon murmured in my ear, startling me. I turned to him, finding curiosity in his blue gaze as he glanced between us.

The professor dismissed everyone, but Landon stayed in his seat, waiting for me to speak. I knew he wouldn’t tease me about Riley, but it was nerve-wracking to say it out loud more publicly. Other people would hear us since they were definitely lingering, and they’d definitely tease me.

“Me and Riley are seeing each other,” I finally decided to blurt out, cringing at how loud it was as one of the girls across the room snorted. Landon’s eyebrows almost hit his hairline, not hiding the surprise in his voice.