I would have loved to dine with my two favorite girls,” I drawled, trying to sound easy.
“Yeah, she wanted to have some girl time. What’s up, Carter?”
What’s up? A lot of things in fact. “Just wondering what you’re up to ‘cause I’m free for the rest of the afternoon. Feel like coming over to chill a bit?” I asked, knowing I wanted answers from her. No more hiding. I couldn’t go on another day feeling like something was the matter, but she was being stubborn and kept on avoiding me.
“Um, I don’t know about that, Carter,” she whispered.
Not again! I shut my eyes, trying to calm myself, but it was of no use. I grunted, frustrated at whatever was going on with her, with us. I missed her, couldn’t she tell? “I haven’t seen you in two days, Em. TWO DAYS! This is the longest I haven’t seen you.” I sounded like a petulant kid, pouting and stomping because I couldn’t get my way, but shit—it’s what I felt at the moment.
“I’ve been… busy,” she murmured, a little hesitant to emphasize what she’d been busy with.
Who was she kidding? She was outright lying to me. She was keeping something important from me, but she wasn’t going to tell me what. Was it Lewis? Would she give us up to be with Lewis? But… we were good together. I’ve never been so happy with a woman before. She couldn’t leave me… or could she? Shit. Emma. Shit.
“ Busy? You’ve been busy? Get real, Em. We both know you haven’t been busy. Why don’t you come over? Maybe it’s high time we talk.”
She was silent on the other end ; possibly figuring out what I was thinking or what she was going to say to me. “I’ll see you in an hour.”
“In an hour and not a second longer, got it? If you keep hiding away from me, I will scour the entire campus to look for you,” I gritted out, my anger was heavily laced on each of the words I just spoke out.
“Got it,” she responded quickly and ended the call.
I sat back on the foot of the bed, head in between my legs, trying to breathe some sense into me. What if she left me? What would I do then? A part of me was saying to fight for her because we were awesome together, but the other was pushing me to end it. If Emma decided to bounce and call it quits, then I should do the same. After all, we were just having fun, right?
But in all honesty, I had never been more confused in my life. Suddenly, I was dreading the moment she walked through the door.
My gut was telling me that nothing good would come of her visit.
Meet The Old Me
My dark hair had droplets of water in it while I waited for her. After I’d showered, I hadn’t cared to towel my hair dry. I was that anxious to get this show started.
I was on the stair landing, impatiently waiting, when I heard a car door slam shut followed by the sound of her car alarm being turned on. I instantly got to my feet and started pacing.
Emma pushed the front door open, glancing around with a small frown on her pretty face.
“Good of you to finally show up!” I announced from atop of the landing, only wearing a pair of cargo shorts, showing off my physique, knowing that Emma loved my body. It was childish, but I intend to use every weapon I had until her game of hide and seek was over.
By the hungry heated notice she was giving my body, I knew it had worked to my advantage.
“I’m five minutes early. What more do you want?” Emma whispered, voice a little shaky as her eyes zeroed in on my abs.
Taking my time, I let her ogle me some more before I descended the stairs with no care to hurry the hell up. I continued my lazy saunter until I was right before her, standing a foot away as I studied her quietly. “What more do I want , Emma?” I reiterated succinctly. “I want you to be honest.”
She blinked back, looking like I had offended her.
What came next was something I wasn’t prepared for.
“I don’t think I can do this with you anymore,” Emma managed to whisper before she found my