Butterflies & Vicious Lies by Kayleigh King

Author:Kayleigh King [King, Kayleigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Amazon: B0B4Z5917K
Goodreads: 61367775
Published: 2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SIX

POSIE

SIXTEEN YEARS OLD

It’s been six months since the school dance and six months since I started dating Rafferty.

I never did make it back into the gym or back to Chance that night. Rafferty and I, soaked and freezing from dancing in the rain, ran to his car and left without letting anyone know.

That following Monday morning was awkward when I had to face the nice boy I had abandoned. He asked me a million questions while I tried to apologize to him for bailing. I hadn’t gotten a chance to admit the reasoning for my quick departure when Rafferty walked up behind me. All of Chance’s questions were answered when Rafferty wrapped his arm around my waist and kissed my neck. As realization hit, Chance’s face fell. In the end, he wasn’t super happy about it, but he had been gracious and that’s all I could have asked for in a situation like that. Two weeks later, I saw him making out with Hannah in the stairwell, so I think it’s safe to say that everything worked out okay for everyone involved.

People stared and whispered when news spread that Rafferty and I were together, but neither one of us could be bothered to give a shit what they thought about us. We were happy.

We are happy.

Something that we both needed fell perfectly into place that night and we’ve been side by side ever since. We didn’t come right out and announce we were dating to our parents, but when Mollie found out after about a month, she seemed genuinely happy. Paxton seemed okay with it too, saying he’d always suspected we both had feelings for each other, but like with everything else lately, he was fairly quiet on the matter. Adrian… well, Adrian wasn’t and still isn’t thrilled. He hasn’t said anything, but I can tell by the way he looks at me when he’s home that given the chance, he’d choose someone else for his son.

My dad told me I was old enough to decide who I wanted to date and that he didn’t really have any say in who I picked. He also made some comment about how he wasn’t surprised since I spend more time with the Blackwell boys than anyone else. He shrugged and added, “I just always thought it would be Paxton” before changing the topic to something completely unrelated. I’ve always appreciated how my dad trusted me to make my own decisions and supported me in any way he could. This was no different.

With a robe over my sleep tank and shorts, I step out of the guest bathroom that had become mine a very long time ago and into my bedroom. Using a towel to wring the excess water out of my hair, I’m surprised I don’t find Rafferty lying across my bed waiting for me like he said he would be when I got out of the shower. He doesn’t spend the night with me every night, but it’s becoming more frequent.

I never sleep alone when I’m here because the nights he’s not in bed with me, Paxton is.

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