Bossy and the Brat [Men of Holsum College 5] by Daisy Harris

Author:Daisy Harris [Harris-Daisy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781622412372
Google: 0EtbJRHGz8sC
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand
Published: 2013-01-19T01:42:17+00:00

Chapter Seven

Cal palmed the handle. “Hello?” he asked the door. “Hey, Cal. It’s me.” The voice belonged to Nicole. “Can I come in?”

“Sure, give me just a sec.” Cal surveyed the room, making sure the bed didn’t look too disheveled and that he’d hidden the lube back in the drawer.

Tyler was standing there, still flushed, but with his lips drawn in a tight line. He looked like he could have been exercising. Yeah, Cal could always say he’d just gotten back from ballet practice.

He nodded once to Tyler, letting him know he was going to open the door. When Ty shrugged in response, he pulled it open. “Hi, Nicole.”

She stood in the doorway, her hands on her hips and her expression sharp. Nicole looked past Cal and into the room at Tyler. “Oh, hey.” She didn’t seem to suspect anything, because she trounced into Cal’s room and sat down on his desk chair. “How’ve you been?” Nicole bent at the waist and leafed through his tea bags.

“Oh, fine.” Cal darted a nervous glance at Tyler, hoping he’d take the hint to leave. “Just busy.”

But for some reason, Tyler didn’t go. He widened his eyes, and then rolled them, obviously trying to communicate, but Cal couldn’t understand what he was trying to say.

“I texted before I came over. You didn’t see?” Nicole unwrapped her tea bag and looked for a cup.

“No, sorry. I didn’t get it.” Cal glanced around the room for his phone, and the beginnings of worry only had time to form in his throat when he noticed Nicole’s gaze and how it had fallen on Cal’s cell phone, right under her chair.

“Yeah, right.” She reached under her chair to fish out the phone. “We’ll see about that—”

“Nope!” Tyler dove to the floor and snatched the phone out from under Nicole’s legs. His voice rising in panic, he chirped, “That one’s mine.” He tucked it into his back pocket, though he kept his head down so his floppy bangs covered his face. “Actually, I’ve gotta go.” Tyler crossed to the door in a couple swift steps. “See ya later, Nicole.”

He looked up for a split second, long enough for Cal to see pain flash in his eyes. “Later, Cal.”

Cal wanted to tell him to stop, to not delete the pictures and words they’d sent to each other. He didn’t want his phone back without the shot of Tyler’s grinning face.

But he was too scared to say anything other than, “Bye, Tyler,” and watch as Tyler slipped out his door.

* * * * The ass-crack picture Tyler deleted right away.

He debated the others, staring at their conversations from every imaginable angle—trying to figure out the truth. He’d given so much in those exchanges. Hell, it felt like he’d given everything. And what had Cal really given back?

When Cal’s knock sounded, Tyler looked up as if from a trance.

“Ty?” Cal’s voice came through the door.

“Yeah.” He hopped off the bed. “Come in.”

Cal opened the door, but stood outside, framed by the light from the hallway.

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