FADE (Kailin Gow's FADE Series: Book 1) by Gow Kailin

Author:Gow, Kailin [Gow, Kailin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: theEDGEbooks.com
Published: 2011-08-18T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

Grayson looks like he can’t believe what Jack has just said. “You’re blaming me because Celes is in danger? Like it has nothing to do with you?”

I can feel the tension between them then as Jack lets go of me to move directly in front of Grayson, too close for it to be anything but a challenge.

“Yes, I’m blaming you.”

“You have no right to-”

“I have every right,” Jack says, not raising his voice. “If it weren’t for you, Celes would have moved on. She wouldn’t be here, in danger. Celes needs-”

“Don’t call her that,” Grayson says. He shakes his head. “You don’t get to call Celes by that name.”

I’m pretty sure that I should be the one who decides that, but I don’t have a chance to say so, because Jack is already speaking.

“I’ll call her what I want, because I’m the one who’s going to be there for her. I’m the one who has been there for her.”

It’s hard just standing there as Jack says that. I know it’s true, he has been there for me, but I also don’t want him treating Grayson like this. He has no right to treat Grayson like this, whatever he might think about my boyfriend. Former boyfriend.

It occurs to me then that even I don’t know which of those terms is the correct one. Grayson and I didn’t break up, so in that sense, I guess we’re still together. On the other hand, I’ve just spent the last few weeks living with Jack. Kissing Jack. But that was just cover. It wasn’t real. Except that it felt real. The situation’s enough to make my head hurt.

“Being there for her?” Grayson demands. “Is that what you call kidnapping Celes? Dragging her off who knows where and putting her in danger.”

“I’m the one keeping Celes out of danger.” Jack doesn’t back down. “And it’s not kidnapping. It’s protection.”

“So it’s protection when you get to go around pretending to be her boyfriend? Do you kiss her? How much further do you go? There’s a name for guys like you, you know.”

“Grayson,” I say, trying to defuse the situation. Unfortunately it seems to be a little late for that.

“Watch your mouth, kid,” Jack says.

“Or what?”

I can’t believe that Grayson is being that confrontational. It just isn’t like him. And to do it with Jack, who is only out to protect me, just seems stupid. I open my mouth to say as much, but then shut it again, because I’ve just realized how all this must seem to Grayson. Here I am going around with a guy three or four years older than me after just disappearing, driving around in cars Grayson must assume belong to Jack, letting him call me by the name only Grayson called me.

He’s jealous, and it’s easy to see why. From where Grayson is standing, it has to look like Jack and I are deep into a serious relationship. That I’ve just forgotten about him, going along with this suave, confident, handsome guy and going far further with him than I actually have.

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