His fingers squeeze on my thigh, probably not even having realized that he was lost inside his mind. “I heard something today,” he tells me.
“Yeah?” I question slowly.
“You know Maxen?” he asks. “He’s Nate and Jesse’s cousin.”
I think back to the group of Broken Hill guys. Nate and Jesse are easily memorable for me, it’s just the other guys that I don’t really remember. I should start learning this shit. I try to put a face to the name. There’s Puck, Tyson, and Maxen, and considering Noah just said he was their cousin, I go with the one who has the same dark hair and eyes. “I think…” I say, making myself scoff with my own idiotic ways. “What about him?”
“I heard today that he’s going to open a killer racetrack on his property in Broken Hill.”
“Really?” I question, propping myself up on my elbow. “No shit.”
“Yeah, rumor has it that he’s going all out.”
“How do you mean ‘all out’?”
“He’s a trust fund baby, remember? Guys like him sneeze money so I can only assume it’s going to have everything you could possibly imagine. I’m thinking of seeing if he needs any help making it happen.”
A smile pulls at my face. “I think that’s a great idea,” I tell him proudly, happy to see him wanting to get involved in something although it’s completely illegal, whatever it is, I’m just happy that it will hopefully take away from the time he spends with Anton. Hell, I’d even sacrifice my own time with him if it meant less time for that asshole. “If it’s as big as you say it’s going to be, he could probably use all the help he can get.”
“I didn’t think you’d be so on board with this considering it’s illegal,” he says.
“Usually, I wouldn’t be, but I think it would be good for you, especially with the way things are with Rivers right now. It’ll give you some guys to hang out with who don’t care about getting on your good side or sucking up, hoping for some kind of favor. And besides, I have a feeling you’d really enjoy it.”
“I think so too,” he tells me.
“Then what are you waiting for?” I question. “Go call the guy and make it happen.”
He grins down at me. “Have I told you that I love you?”
“You sure fucking did,” I laugh. “But feel free to do it again, and again…and again.”
“Yeah,” he says, his lips coming down on mine with that sparkle in his eyes that makes my breath catch. “Maxen can wait. There’s something else that I’d rather do again.”
Damn. There’s no way in hell I’m about to say no to that. Bring on round two and then hopefully, he’ll take me for round three, four, and five.
Chapter 6
The noise I’ve been waiting for all morning finally happens and I groan as I fly out of my bed. Why this early? Couldn’t she have waited for another hour or three? There’s a creak in the hallway and I grin to myself. Gotcha, bitch.
Nobody gets the drop on Henley Bronx…apart from that one time that I got jumped, but I’m choosing to pretend that shit never happened and if the rest of the school was smart, they’d pretend right along with me.
I grab the Nerf gun that Noah had given me as a ‘please forgive me for being an ass’ gift, throw a few pillows under the blanket, and situate myself right in front of my bedroom door as I double check that the Nerf gun is loaded correctly. I’d done it late last night and while I checked over it a hundred times already, one can never be too sure.
It’s still dark outside and the need to hurry over to my bedside table and check the time on my phone flutters through me, but I don’t dare move. It’s too risky.
I hear her hand on the door handle and I grin to myself. Never in a million years would she expect me to be out of bed, ready, and waiting for her. The door handle turns and I smother a laugh at her attempts to be extra quiet.
As the door quietly releases from the latch with the sound of her smothered snickers behind it, I hold onto the Nerf gun a little tighter. The door is kicked open and Tully barges into my doorway holding up a massive supersoaker with Aiden right by her side, both of them looking like the baddest bitches in their camo and face paint. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BITCH,” Tully yells out.
Not wanting to give me a chance to escape, Tully faces the direction of my bed and instantly takes fire, soaking my bed from top to bottom, clearly too excited to have stopped a second to realize that I’m not in my bed. Though, that’s partially because I haven’t turned on the light, giving me a chance to get the drop on them.