el

seat, his window rolled down just eno

t of me. His gaze drags over my trembling frame, lingering on my

, and I cross my arms ov

is lips. He looks frus

like sh*t,

e hoarse from the cold and t

e the one standing in the middle of a stor

clench at

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ll. He will

rt before I c

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e. I do not have

he will not pull someth

r I can sit here and watch you shiver until you collapse." He lifts his pho

tif

st

ne, no money. And I do not

nd in this rain, the h

the sam

ot the

y doesn't

like a living thing, sinki

y teeth.

nger door open and slam it shut behind me, the w

get a chance

ay. Instead, he leans back in his seat

using to let him get under my skin. But so

ers on the wheel, "what did you d

"Weren't you b

And for a brief moment, the sou

ch my

asshole

now anything,

"What the hell

just starts driving, the

atever he mea

pping Grayson passes it ignoring my confused

om the car and

e are

s a smirk over his shoulder.

omach

ckwell twin I'm

cally oozing off him before he unlocks th

e proba

n't my roommate after what

his doesn't fe

irs. "Your room's the first on

stairs, desperate to pry my soaked

into my room, I

here. My ba

toss it to the floor. The se

presence

lock your door." A familiar

fast my hair stic

one shoulder leaning against the frame. But his eyes.

ngering on the curve of my bare shoulders

h, heat prickling up my

he time in the world to just stand there and gawk. His t

mach t

chest like a shield, but I know it's t

akes between fury and somethi

stead, he lifts som

e. My stom

o, no

ood running cold. M

eepens. "Wh

y stops and my

ls nothing compared to th

r it. "Giv

ng it higher. "Not

in each second that passe

ent, like He is conside

resses agai

not. He can

inside...Everything falls apar

elope r