“You’re so much better than I am, Cayla.”
She was shaking her head before he could even get the last word out. “I’ve had a long time to think about this, and about what I want. What I want, what I’ve always wanted, is you, Kane.” The way she looked at him could have brought Kane to his knees. But he was determined to keep her safe from the likes of him.
“No, baby.” He cursed himself for the slip of the word, and by the slight widening of her eyes it was clear she hadn’t missed it. “You’d be slumming it with me, don’t you see that?” He didn’t wait for her to answer before he continued. “Your virginity is something special, and you need to love the man you give it to, because it will stay with you for the rest of your life.”
She opened her mouth as if she wanted to argue, but he held his hand up to stop her.
“If I was a bigger asshole, Cayla, I would take you up on your offer in a heartbeat.” He brushed his finger along her cheek, another step over the line, but he couldn’t help himself. “Do you understand what I’m saying?”
For the longest time all she did was stare into his eyes, and the urge to lean down and capture her lips with his was strong. He got lost in her steel grey eyes, wishing that he could actually have something that he desired above all others.
“Yeah, I understand.” The words seemed empty coming from her, but before he could reassure her once more, she gave him a small smile, turned, and left. He watched her make her way back to her friend, and the way her ass moved beneath her shorts should have been illegal.
“You stupid fuck, Kane.” He ran a hand angrily through his hair and went back to working on his bike. Of course getting his mind off Cayla was damn near impossible.
Chapter Three
Well that whole seducing Kane was a major bust. Cayla scowled at herself in the mirror and contemplated canceling going with Holly to a party for the tenth time. She wasn’t in the mood to do much of anything, especially with her embarrassment over the whole Kane fiasco, but Holly wouldn’t take no for an answer. Apparently going to a frat party was what Cayla needed to do to get over Kane and his sweet, but very real, rejection. Pulling her tank top lower so it at least covered her belly, she had opted to put jeans on and ditch the shorts. No sense in working up a bunch of horny college guys.
“You ready, chica?” Holly poked her head around the corner of her bedroom door and grinned. “Your folks let me in, although I think your dad is already trashed.”
Cayla rolled her eyes. No doubt her mother was, too. “Yeah, they did some kind of big merger or something at work and are celebrating.” Holly stood beside her and whistled at their reflection.
“We are lookin’ hot, girl. Although,” a pinch formed between Holly’s eyes as she stared at Cayla’s pants. “Why in the hell are you wearing jeans? For one it’s like eighty degrees out, and for a second we are going to a par-tay. You want all your goods on display.”
“I don’t want anything on ‘display’, especially around a bunch of horny douchebags. And remind me again why we are even going.”
Holly sat on the edge of Cayla’s bed and adjusted the strap on her shoe. “For one thing you obviously need to find a hot piece tonight.”
“I’m not having sex with anyone, Holly.”
“I know, I know.” Holly looked down at her breasts, fixed her top so her cleavage was more visible then proceeded to cup her boobs. “Can you tell I’m wearing the padded bra of the century?” Cayla started to laugh, which in turn had Holly laughing. “Okay, anyway.” She sobered and waved a hand in Cayla’s direction. “Like I was saying, you need to just put Kane behind you. That boy is too much trouble for one girl. Oh, and Luke will be there.”
Ah, so that is why Holly was so excited to go. Luke, Holly’s own bad boy whom she had been sleeping with off and on for the past year. Apparently this was the “on” again stage. “Andre isn’t going to show up and go all caveman like last time, is he?”
Just thinking about the time her big brother found out she had gone to a party with a bunch of people from school, and all but dragging her out, sent heat flooding through her. She loved him and all that, but he was far too overprotective and took everything to the extreme. Anger built inside of her because she knew that was why Kane refused to be with her. She didn’t want to think that his words were false and he only said all that stuff so her feelings weren’t hurt. She wanted to believe he wanted her just as badly as she wanted him.
But none of that mattered now anyway because he’d made himself perfectly clear. Cayla was too humiliated to try anything like that again, and cursed her stupidity for even thinking she could seduce Kane Montgomery. Bringing herself back from her thoughts she realized she hadn’t answered Holly yet.