Variant Lost (The Evelyn Maynard Trilogy Book 1) by Kaydence Snow

Author:Kaydence Snow [Snow, Kaydence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

“Hey, babe!” Ethan flashed me his dimpled grin while Josh waved from behind him. I froze. Busted. I hadn’t had a chance to prepare for this. And what was with the pet name?

“Oh, h-hey, um, sweetie. What’s up? What’s going on? Why . . . uh. What, whatcha doin’ here?” I ended that eloquent outburst with a stilted laugh and a shuffle of my feet, crossing my arms over my chest before immediately propping them on my hips. Smooth.

Why was it that lying to government officials about my identity was so easy, but trying to lie to Ethan and Josh was making me feel like the most awkward person on earth?

They exchanged a look, chuckling but confused.

“We just thought we would come and see how your meeting with Gabe went.” Ethan said. “Maybe grab some coffee?”

“Are you OK?” Josh interjected. Crap! Not Josh. Josh knew things just by looking at me. Stupid, observant, sexy . . . no! Focus, dammit!

I couldn’t look at him, so I addressed his shoulder. “Mmmhmm. Yep. Fine. How are you?”

“Fine.” He cocked his head to the side, trying to make eye contact. I could practically see the curiosity wafting off him.

I needed to get things moving before they started asking questions.

“Sweet. So yeah, gotta get lunch! I’m starving.” I marched off toward the cafeteria, hoping they wouldn’t follow me or notice I had just suggested lunch at 10 a.m.

Of course they followed me. They had been following me around for the last several weeks; why would they stop now?

Josh caught up to me first and stepped up on my right. Ethan surprised me by coming up on my left and draping a strong arm over my shoulders. I jumped a little but managed to keep walking. After days of avoiding even speaking too much in public, we were suddenly at the casual touching stage?

“What are you doing?” I stage-whispered to him out of the corner of my mouth. “Aren’t we supposed to be keeping things secret?” People were already throwing us curious glances, murmuring to one another.

“Yeah, but only about the Bond,” he whispered into my ear. I could feel his warm breath in my hair. It made me lean into him a little more.

“Wh-what?” I had to shake my head to clear it. The Light inside me was practically singing at his close proximity. It was thoroughly enjoying being around my Variant guys, especially since I was still on a high from the intense Light transfer with Tyler only half an hour ago.

“We need to keep our connection a secret, but it’s only a matter of time before everyone starts gossiping about why we’re spending so much time together. This way we get to have some control over what the gossip is. Plus, it gives me an excuse to touch you in public.” As he spoke the last sentence, his hand started to travel down my back toward my ass. I slapped it away and fixed him with a glare.

He laughed out loud, drawing

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