Touch Me While I Taste You

Chapter 23

pair sliнily Ros haywire. I let it a shaky laugh and forced out a smile that clearly didn’t reach my eyes.

“Sorry Uh, bet on with, uh, what you were doing ” My voice was a stutteringmes that didn’t go unnoticed

by the two.

I refused to take a peek at Haideri, choosing to swallow my mortification and bury my eyes on the trunk

of the tree.

Have a nice night.” With another awkward smile, I whirled around with sweaty palms that tugged at the

ends of m y large shirt

I scuttle to the bathroom, slamming the door shut with a powerful bang and quickly reached over to flick

on the light. switch. I let out a whimper of mortification as I pressed my back on the door, clenching my

eyes shut.

“Shit he’s going to murder me.” I moani n anguish as I prance to the sink.

Istared at my reflection in the mirror,

for lag. My many braced hair

winyward strandsframning over my face.

I pulled out a breath, blowing s et of the

Gnds away from my face. I opened the faucet, grumbling under my breath while glaring into the cyes of

my reflection,

“Why would you say that Haiden Cross has herpes? Why couldn’t you keep your damn mouth shut? How

will this help you avoid him now?” I hissed pointing an accusing finger at my reflection.

I slouched, bending my head towards the sink to throw some water over my face.” I should apologize to

him personally.” I murmur to myself, pressed my palm fullo f water to my face and made the mistake o f

breathing in the water.

I coughed, blowing my nose to remove the excess water and rubbed it to ease the slight burn. After the

burn eased, I took m y wet hand and began to brush it over my hair in hopes of taming the wayward

strands.

“! You know what? Halden Cross does That deserve an apology. He’s an asshole that thinks he can get

away with every damn thing, including dirtying my clothes. On purpose I might add!” I huffed in vexation.

So he can gu fuck himself!” Ignint and closed the saucet and reached for the small lavender coloned

towel.

As I dried my hands, a dull thud sounded from my room. I stilled, my heart thudding in my chest. I could

feel the blood rushing through my veins as panic stirs my very being

This is why one shouldn’t watch a supernatural show when they’re all alone

“Wait but I’m not alone.” I whispered, clenching my brows in contemplation.

I waited for mother to call out to me like S she usually does when I’m busy in the

bathroom but everything grows quiet.

W el left for school in the morning

and held it to my chest as a form of protection. I clixed my eyes for a second, said a silent prayer

inwardly then decided that if I were to ever go down I wouldn’t without a light.

I peeled my eyes opened, nodded to my reflection in the mirror and held my breath as I strutted to the

door. With a three-second count, I pulled the door open and entered the room. I froze when my eyes fell

into brown ones.

Halden stood across my room, leaning against the wall beside the opened window, His eyes fall to the

brush that I have been holding with a steel grip and the corner of his lips quirk up slightly. He looked

rather huge in my room and very odd.

I eyed his black shirt and how low his grey sweatpants hang low on his hips. My eyes narrowed on his

bare feet. He had better not come here with dirt on the

My breath hitched when he decides to take a step, then we until the struts over t

one of the shelves mounted on the wall. His fingers skim over the picture frame that had the ugliest of all

pictures.

It was a picture of Gwen and I when we were the age of eleven. I had braces and the smile I had

plastered on my face was not all that pretty. I was now regretting placing it on my shelf for the world to

see. By world, I mean Haiden.

He picked up another picture frame and I swore I saw a ghost of a smile before he dumps it back on the

bland shelf. His long fingers pinch my fairy lights and something like a light chuckle slips out of his

mouth.

His mischievous eyes continued to scan m y dull room and he smirks.” Nice room. ” He turns to me, eyes

peering at me from across the room.

His voice seemed to have pulled me out of the trance I seem to always get myself into, in his presence. I

launch the brush o n my bed seeing that Haiden was not so

Wait. What if he was?

Inatowed my eyes on his face, folding m YASACHUS my chest to look intimidating but by now I

should’ve learned that intimidating Haiden was not something that was possible for me. Not Cven a little

“What are you doing in my room?” I hissed lowly, inching towards my bed in case I would actually need

that brush.

“This is illegal and I could have you arrested for trespassing and….and

“Do you seriously think a hairbrush could cause any damage to me?” He nudged his head towards the

hairbrush and gives out a soft short of amusement.

I froze, eyeing him and the hairbrush before scowling at him. “If it comes to that, then I’d make sure it

does.”

He hums, pushing his hands in the pockets of his sweats and starts to strut over to, me. I held my breath,

not knowing if I should dodge towards the hairbrush or call for help. But my body

the frozen solid and wanting to listen to my brain signals to

It was too late anyway. The broody boy Nad before me in all his towering height. This close his scent was

addicting which messed with my head more than 1 let on.

So I have herpes huh?” His brown eyes drugged me more than the sleeping pills. I took a few days ago,

My tongue suddenly felt heavy with embarrassment washing over me. With that embarrassment came

with a tinge of fear as I thought of ways he’d make me pay for my words.

There was one thing Haiden Cross was known for, which was to make anyone who crossed him pay.

Getting on Haiden’s bad side was to be avoided at all cost. Unluckily my mouth didn’t have a zip or a

lock

“Uh-I- “I stuttered looking for a way out of this mess my mouth had thrust me into.

What I didn’t expect next was for Häiden i omave a step impossibly closer until our fronts were nearly

touching. And what I definitely didn’t expect was for his fingers to lace at the back of my head to have my

head arch backward.

My confused eyes melted into his own.” Haiden-”

I am cut off of my curiosity by him swiftly bending his head to lock his soft lips on mine.