Rescue Me: Dark High School Reverse Harem Bully Romance (Sapphire Bay High Book 2) by Naomi Martin

Author:Naomi Martin [Martin, Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The following Monday morning, the first thing I do is track down Ryan. I’m going to get to the bottom of this one way or the other because all weekend, all I could think about was that he was behind it. And the more I thought about it, the more certain it became in my mind. By the time I hit campus today, it had become all but fact to me.

I find him in the quad at the coffee cart. He sees me waiting and gives me a wave, then apparently orders me a drink because he comes over to me with two lattes in hand. I let him lead me over to a bench underneath a soaring pine tree and we both take a seat. He flashes me a smile and hands me one of the drinks.

“This doesn’t count as a date, you know,” he says.

I don’t return his smile as I look at him. “Why would you do that?”

“Do what?”

I arch my eyebrow at him. “Are you really going to deny it?”

He laughs, a genuine light of amusement in his eyes. “Well, I’m certainly going to deny it until you tell me what you’re talking about.”

“Friday night. After I left Patty’s.” I watch his reaction closely, trying to gauge the level of deception in his next words.

“After you left Patty’s, and—what?”

I sigh, frustrated. “You acted all creepy out on the street. Chased me.”

“I did? Did I catch you?”

I slap his arm and growl. “Stop screwing around, Ryan. You scared the shit out of me.”

“I’m sorry somebody scared you, but I swear to God it wasn’t me, Tatum.”

A small frown creases his lips and as he looks into my eyes, I see no deception. All I see is genuine concern. As far as I can tell, he’s actually telling me the truth.

“I would never do that to you,” he adds. “Are you okay?”

I huff and [JG9][K10]drum my fingers against the cup in my hand. “I’m fine. I was just… terrified.”

“What happened?”

I tell him about the person on the street and he listens, growing more concerned with my every word. At the end, though, his expression shifts, and he looks angry.

“Why didn’t you call me? I would have—”

“Why would I call you? I thought it was you.”

He gives me an apologetic [JG11][K12]smile. “Oh. Right.”

I sit quietly for a minute and process the new information. If it wasn’t Ryan, then who was it? It certainly wasn’t Xavier or Lucas—the body type wasn’t right. But who? Who would want to terrify me like that?

“Did you tell your dad?” Ryan asks. “Or maybe you should talk to the sheriff?”

“I was going to talk to my dad about it, but he gets crazy overprotective sometimes. I didn’t want to freak him out or anything. The last thing I need is for him to call in the National Guard.”

Ryan laughs softly. “Yeah, that probably wouldn’t be a good thing.

I turn and look him square in the eyes. “So, you swear it wasn’t you?”

He nods solemnly.

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