Cato by E. L. Todd

Author:E. L. Todd
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: E. L. Todd

Cato was leaning against the door when I opened it. “You ready for this?” His arms were across his chest, and they bulged with muscle.

“I don’t know,” I said. “I’ve never played.”

He looked over my shoulder into my apartment. “Are you ever going to invite me inside?”

“Not if you’re rude about it.”

“Well, you aren’t leaving me a choice.” He pushed past me and entered the apartment. He looked around then faced me. “Where is it?”

“What?”

“The picture of us. It better not be in the bathroom.”

I smiled at his words. “Coffee table.”

He walked into the living room and sat on the couch. He grabbed the picture frame and examined it. “It looks good here,” he said with a nod. “I’m glad it didn’t get stuck in the bathroom.”

I chuckled as I sat beside him. “It was a close call…”

There were other pictures on the table, some of me and my friends at the beach, and a few of Ethan and I. I refused to take them down just because he was gone. We had a lot of happy memories I would never forget. Cato examined them but didn’t comment.

He turned to me with his arms resting on his thighs. He looked me up and down. “I sincerely hope you aren’t wearing that.”

I looked down at my white blouse and skinny jeans. “What’s wrong with it?”

“You want it to get covered in paint?”

“No…”

He sighed. “Wear something you don’t mind getting ruined.”

“Well, a heads up would have been nice.”

“I assumed you would figure out paint was involved since it’s called paintballing.” He rolled his eyes.

“Don’t be a douche.”

“A douche?” A laugh escaped his lips. “I’ve been called a lot of things but never that.”

“First time for everything, right?” I stood up to head to my room.

Cato snatched me and pulled me into his lap. “So, still thinking about that last kiss we had?” A cocky grin was on his face and he pulled me close to him, wrapping his thick arms around me so I couldn’t escape.

“We kissed?”

Both of his eyebrows shot up. “You don’t remember?” Panic came into his eyes.

A large smile broke out on my face. “Kidding.”

He growled at me then gave me a hard kiss. “You’re lucky you’re cute.”

I returned the embrace before I untangled myself from his grasp.

He was still leaning forward, like he had no intention of letting me go.

“There’s something I want to tell you. I don’t like to talk about it but you should know since…you want this to go somewhere.”

His eyes turned serious as he examined my face. “I already know, Katarina.”

My eyes narrowed because I didn’t know what he was talking about. What did he think he knew?

“Joey told me. I’m sorry.”

My heart beat fast in my chest. Adrenaline spiked in my blood. He knew about Ethan and I had no idea. It caught me off guard that he already knew the truth but I guess it made it easier.

“I’m sorry that happened to you,” he said sincerely. “It must have been hard.”

“Yeah…” I couldn’t think of a better response.

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