Blackmail Boyfriend by Chris Cannon

Author:Chris Cannon [Cannon, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Crush; YA; Teen; Blackmail, contemporary, contemporary romance, romance, young adult, Chris Cannon, mistaken identity, fake relationship
Goodreads: 25927107
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Haley

“What’s he doing here?”

“Matt?” I opened my eyes to discover my brothers glaring down at me. Well technically, me and Bryce.

“I said, what’s he—”

“We heard you the first time,” Bryce said midyawn.

I smiled up at him. “You fell asleep, too?”

“Obviously. What time is it?” He checked his cell.

“Is anyone going to answer my question?” Matt looked like he was about to burst a blood vessel.

Like I needed this crap right now. I sat up and moved a respectable distance away from Bryce to appease my brother. “Here’s the short version. We almost hit a deer. I hurt my shoulder. Bryce brought me home. Dad checked my shoulder. Then we sat on the couch and fell asleep. Dad knows he’s here, so you can back off.”

“You’re fine now, so he can leave.”

I ignored my brother and spoke to Bryce. “Want to stay for dinner to piss Matt off?”

He laughed and ran his hand through his hair. “Tempting, but maybe some other time.”

Matt stomped off. Charlie gave me the you’re-an-idiot look.

Whatever. There was a more important issue at hand. My mouth tasted like week old peanut butter and jelly. I needed a quick route to fresh breath.

“Want a Coke for the road?” I asked.

“Sure.” He followed me into the kitchen. I grabbed two sodas from the fridge and passed him one. After downing a third of the can, I felt like the carbonation and citric acid had burned away any lingering nap breath.

“I’ll walk you out.” I gestured toward the front door. Bryce opened his mouth to say something.

Then he nodded. “Fine.”

“Thanks for sticking around this afternoon.”

He laughed. “It’s my fault you’re hurt, and you’re thanking me?”

“More for what happened after the accident than before. You could have dropped me off and run away.”

“No. I couldn’t.”

We made our way outside to his Mustang. Pressing the issue, I followed him around the car to the driver’s side door. A flashing neon light saying KISS ME, would’ve been more subtle, but I didn’t care. It felt like we were on the brink of a nonfake relationship. If I wanted this to be real, I had to make the first move.

His back was to the house, so I improvised. “My brothers are idiots.”

He moved to turn around. I grabbed his arm. “No. Don’t look. I don’t want to give them the satisfaction of knowing they annoy me.” Plus, they’re not really there.

Moving closer, I said, “I understand if you say no, but would you kiss me to get back at them?”

There was less than an inch between our bodies. I reached up and threaded my fingers through the hair at the nape of his neck. “It’s for a good cause.” Going for it, I leaned against him.

He leaned down. The warmth of his breath brushed across my lips. A shiver ran down my spine. His lips moved against mine and—

Honk. Honk.

Startled, I jumped back from Bryce and looked for the source of the noise. My dad stood next to his truck, hand on the center of the steering wheel, and his eyes fixed like lasers on Bryce.

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