Chase Me Need Me Make Me by Tessa Bailey

Author:Tessa Bailey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2023-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

HONEY PEERED DOWN into the eyepiece of her microscope at the slide she’d placed on the stage. After observing for a few moments, she noted her findings in her notepad. The scratching of her pen sounded amplified in the surrounding quiet, alerting her that she was alone in the lab, half of the lights shut off. A glance at the clock told her it was after five o’clock. Shit. She rubbed at her sore eyes, knowing Roxy and Abby would be wondering where she was. The downside to being an awesome cook and preparing meals often was that people started to expect it. Not that she minded. Most of the time. Her roommates found other ways of making up for their constant need to be fed. Such as letting her stew all weekend without comment or setting a tub of ice cream down on the coffee table and handing her a ladle.

She shoved her notebook and pen into her backpack and cleaned her station before winding her way down the building’s hallway toward the exit. Yesterday had gone by in kind of a haze, obviously brought on by Ben bringing a date to their supergroup mesh party. But also by the realization that she’d opened herself up to be hurt. Really, horrifyingly hurt. She’d had her share of dude disappointments in the past. Boys liking her friends instead of her. Elmer forgetting her birthday. It had always been the kind of pain she could get over with a good book or a sleeve of Oreos. But this? This was entirely different.

She might have made light of it to Roxy and Abby—because hello, the guy she just slept with walked in with someone else, and frankly, that was embarrassing as all get out—but down in the root of her stomach, she felt torn to shreds. How had this man she’d known for such a short space of time taken such a huge chunk out of her? Her little stunt on Friday night just before she’d catapulted headfirst into a cab had only succeeded in getting a small portion of it back. But it had been a start. At the very least, she’d managed to walk away with her pride intact.

Tomorrow morning, she had English class, and she intended to walk in with her chin up. Look him right in the eye. She didn’t run away from uncomfortable situations, and this would be no different. Honey shook her head when a traitorous spark of anticipation kicked up in her chest, telling her she still yearned to lay eyes on Ben after everything that had happened. God, when would that go away? Maybe when she stopped dreaming about his lips on her neck, thigh wedged between her legs, the way it had been on Friday night. Maybe she just needed to know why so she could get some closure. Was it her initial lie, the fact that she was his student, or something else? He’d looked so . . . tortured.

Honey jammed

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