The Enemy Next Door: A Small Town Friends-To-Lovers Sports Romance (The Football Boys Book 2) by Rebel Hart

Author:Rebel Hart [Hart, Rebel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amore Publishing
Published: 2020-05-30T18:30:00+00:00

15

Colin

I took Tatiana’s hand in mine and dragged her out through the front door. The teacher that normally monitored the door didn’t stop us. He, too, had probably heard the rumors and figured we could use the space, or maybe he was too shy to intervene. In any event, I pulled her down the sidewalk and turned her to face me. She was still crying and it was breaking my heart.

“How could you say something so horrible about me?” she whimpered.

“I did not start this rumor,” I put my hands on each of her shoulders, “but I know it’s true.”

Tatiana’s eyes widened. “It’s not.”

“Yes it is. I saw you two at my game. I was benched for the whole second half of the game and I saw you two go behind the bleachers. When you came out, he smacked you on your ass. You even got mad at him because he tried to kiss you out in the open. I saw the whole thing.” Tatiana was looking at me with parted lips and glossy eyes like she was replaying it as I said it. “I knew that it was true, but I made the mistake of talking to Harlie about it--”

“You told Harlie?!” Her cheeks were darker than the rest of her face, but I didn’t know if rage or embarrassment was the cause of the hue. “I--you--it…” She turned her back to me and started off towards her house.

I walked off after her, and when she realized I was following her, she took off running. I ran after her, and I may have been a quarterback on a varsity football team, but Tatiana was tiny, and she was fast. I just barely managed to keep up with her, and if it weren’t for the struggle she experienced, she might have successfully locked me out when she bolted inside and attempted to slam the door in my face. I stuck my hand out and caught the door as it was closing and forced it back open. She abandoned that door and rushed up the stairs towards the bedrooms. I followed after her, taking the stairs two at a time, and fortunately caught her bedroom door as she attempted the same tactic as the front door.

I pushed my way into Tatiana’s room and she turned around to face me, her expression full of rage and anguish. “Get out!”

“No! Just let me talk to you about this! I want to help you!”

“I don’t need help. I’m fine!”

I dropped my jaw. “No you’re not! You’re sleeping with a teacher. He’s got you brainwashed into thinking this is okay, when it isn’t. It’s toxic.”

“You’re one to talk!” Tatiana snapped.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You’re toxic! I never know what you’re thinking. One day you’re one way, the next day you’re another.”

I felt like I was hearing all the things I should be yelling. “And you don’t do that? One day you’re barking at me about some petty comment you heard at school and then the

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