Thief: A Reverse Harem Academy Romance (Loxley Prep Book 2) by Hattie Jude

Author:Hattie Jude [Jude, Hattie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

The next week rushes by, as I go back to school and work, Ronan or Wells hanging out at Maverick’s while I’m there. Abel has stayed out of my way since that night I helped him and he barely acknowledges I’m around the house or school except in the class where we’re partners. And there he only does the minimum, grunts in agreement when I have to ask him something, or glares at me when I catch his eye.

It’s exhausting and I don’t know what to do to make it better, how to change it, or if it can even be different than this. It’s a longing that I’m not sure will ever go away, the need for Abel too. The draw to him that I’ve always had. And with Bishop, he’s not as closed off as Abel right now, but he’s not letting me in either. It’s like they’re both dangling within reach but may as well be on two isolated islands with no way to get to either side.

With my schedule at Maverick’s and wherever Ronan and Wells go when they’re doing whatever it is they won’t fully tell me about, I haven’t had much time with them. I haven’t had sex with Ronan since the day in the studio and with Wells the night Cassie came back, and while a week isn’t the end of the world, I find myself worrying that my little bubble is about to pop.

Tonight, I had to work and Ronan stayed there for my full shift. When we got back to the house, I thought he’d come in, but he said he had to go out and he’d see me in the morning.

And I’m a wreck.

I know we’re not just about sex. At least it isn’t for me. But I miss them, and I thought guys wanted sex all the time at this age. I want it all the time and I have both of them! The concern that I’m not enough starts leaking through again, and I decide the next time I’m not working and they don’t tell me where they’re going, I’m going to follow them.

It’s not a good sign that we’re already at this point, and half of the time I’m telling myself I’m crazy for thinking this way. A week without sex with either one of them doesn’t mean they’re sleeping with other people.

But why is no one telling me what’s going on?

I haven’t gotten much sleep the past few nights. I’m still shaken up about the whole ordeal with Cassie and how the kidnapper is still just out there, roaming around freely. What if he decides to take Aunt Darby next or some other wealthy family’s daughter in Sikoma? It doesn’t feel resolved yet, and I don’t feel any closer to knowing why all those cameras are watching Brewster’s house downstairs in that dark room.

I pace and then throw on Ronan’s flannel and the sweatshirt over it with my leggings, and take Poppy for a walk. We’re out thirty seconds and I’m carrying her as she shivers down to the lake.

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