Make Me Lose (Bayshore Book 1) by Ember Leigh

Author:Ember Leigh [Leigh, Ember]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

GRAYSON

I’ve been home for two weeks, and it’s felt like two years.

But I’m not sick of Bayshore yet. Not even a little bit.

Some things feel so new here. The town has grown, matured, become more bustling in its own beachy way. What used to be a tiny drug store on the outskirts of town has now been developed into a huge shopping plaza. Neighborhoods are popping up on the edges of town. People want to move here, which is maybe the biggest change from my childhood.

But one thing that hasn’t changed?

I’m falling for Hazel. Like the last time I lived here.

Maybe it’s the fact that we’ve spent the past seven nights holed up together. Laughing like teenagers, fucking like rabbits, and connecting like the mature adults we actually are. We’re not playing the game anymore—or maybe it’s on hold. Whatever’s going on, we’re both on board. Without having said a word.

Just like when we were seventeen at the end of junior year, when things thawed for the first time. Our downhill race happened blistering fast. We went from enemies to lovers, and by the end of senior year, lovers to enemies.

I can’t handle her returning to enemy status again. Not after this whirlwind week we’ve shared, allowing ourselves to be tender and scorching, vulnerable and bristly.

But that’s the part that messes me up. How can she hold any status once I’m back in New York? I’m not naive enough to think that we can make a distance thing work. I need to see this woman more than once a month. Really, I need to see her daily, and sometimes hourly, but I can settle for slightly less.

I’ve been thinking about this shit all day while she’s at work, sending me sexy selfies in her pinstripe blouse between clients, the natural light spilling into the office behind her. She always makes sure to give me kissy lips with that big red pout of hers and to show some cleavage.

She’s the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen. The smartest. The most motivated. When people talk about her, they gush. Hazel is the Bayshore sweetheart. And in so many ways, she’s the only woman I’ve ever wanted.

But the pieces aren’t aligning quite yet. Good thing I’m a master at puzzles.

Hazel’s working extra late tonight, so I head for the beach around eight to sit by the water and catch the sunset. As soon as I roll up to the lakefront at the bottom of my neighborhood, I see familiar faces gathered by the shore.

There’s Luke and Anthony, standing with beers in their hands around a cooler, while Callie squats in the sand fiddling with sticks to start a fire. I saunter up and clap Luke on the back.

“Gray!” he shouts, and then punches me in the shoulder. “You’re still in town?”

“Got two more weeks.” I shove my hands in the front pocket of my hoodie. It’s an unseasonably chilly evening, so this beachside fire seems like an extra good idea. “What are

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