Total pages in book: 10
Estimated words: 8586 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 43(@200wpm)___ 34(@250wpm)___ 29(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 8586 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 43(@200wpm)___ 34(@250wpm)___ 29(@300wpm)
I rolled my eyes, not the least bit offended. It was hard to be offended when the only person truly capable of affecting me was the woman in my arms. “I’m not one to her,” I clarified.
“Wait—you two are together?” Dad asked, catching up to the conversation finally. “When the fuck did this happen? Congrats, by the way,” he added as a second thought.
I snorted. “It happened last night. She finally took me out the friend zone.”
“Oh, my God,” Aura groaned, smacking my chest. “You friend-zoned me first.”
“Actually,” Dad said, making me grin because I knew he was about to take my side, “everyone could see how Tye felt about you. You were the only person blind to it. If you’d given him even a hint of how you felt about him, he’d have claimed you years ago.”
“This is embarrassing,” Aura bemoaned, burying her face in my chest again. “Can we not discuss my love life?”
“Love?” Mom questioned. “Should we be expecting a wedding invitation in a week then?”
I huffed. “Go away,” I muttered. “Seriously. I’m going back to sleep. You two are too cheerful for this early in the day. You’re intruding on my first day of being in a relationship. It’s rude.”
Mom scoffed. “You—offended? Fuck out of here, kid.” Aura laughed. I pressed a kiss to her forehead. “But yeah. Get some more rest. Don’t forget to hydrate and stack up on your protein intake today. Your coach is going to work you hard next week.”
I hummed in answer, letting my eyes slide closed again. “Bye,” I said, reaching for my phone.
“Rude,” Dad grumbled, making my lips quirk. “Bye, kids. No babies yet.”
“Oh, my God,” I grunted. “Fuck all the way off.”
His cackle was the last thing I heard before the call ended. I tossed my phone back to the floor, then pulled Aura flush against me, tucking her head beneath my chin.
“Let’s go back to sleep,” I mumbled. “I’ll wake you up later when I get hungry enough.”
“Hungry for what?” she asked, her voice already husky with sleep. It always amazed me how she fell asleep so fucking fast.
“Mmm,” I hummed, a small smirk tilting my lips even though she couldn’t see it. “We’ll see.”
5
Aura
My fingers flew over the keys of my laptop as I listened to the professor drone on about psychopathy and what separates psychopathy from sociopathy. This portion of the class would be easy for me since both Tye and his mother were sociopaths. I had first hand experience with sociopaths, so passing this portion of this class would be super simple.
My phone vibrated in my lap, and I glanced down, spotting Tye’s name on my screen. My lips twitched with a small smile as I picked the device up and used my thumb to unlock my screen so I could read his message.
Tye:
Meet me at the coffee shop in the student center when your class is over.
Aura:
Demanding, aren’t you?
Tye:
Baby, don’t be a brat. Just show up, yeah?
Aura:
Sure.
I put my phone back down, then went back to typing, trying to catch everything the professor said while also grabbing the notes from the powerpoint. He was a bit of a hardass professor and thought putting his powerpoints and notes on the student portal would give us an excuse to not pay attention in class or to just not show up at all, so if we wanted to get the information we needed, we had to be there and actively present, not just off in la-la-land.
My phone vibrated again, and I glimpsed down at it, seeing another text from Tye. Quickly, I snatched it up and unlocked my phone again, skimming my eyes over his text.
Tye:
I love you. See you in a bit.
There was no containing the smile on my face. Fuck, I couldn’t believe he was mine. After years of pining after him and thinking he’d never want me in this way, he was actually my boyfriend. He’d made me the happiest damn woman alive last night when he’d confessed his feelings to me.
And to think, if we’d just been open and honest with each other years ago, we could’ve always had this. But I knew all things happened on their own time, and for whatever damn reason, we weren’t meant to have this until now.
But at least I finally had it.
I just hoped he realized I was never letting him go.
Tye Jones was stuck with me for eternity.
Tye was leaning against the wall when I entered the student center. The building was crowded with students and professors grabbing lunches and coffees, but Tye, knowing I hated crowds, already had my coffee and a small food bag in his hand. Almost like he could sense when I entered the building, he lifted his head and turned, his eyes landing directly on me.
My belly swooped.
“Hi,” I breathed when I neared him.