Chapter 5

“It’s good that you eat something,” he spoke to me. “If you have to talk, I don’t see the reason not to do it here. I promise to close my eyes when you start kissing.”

My cheeks turned pink.

“We’ll talk outside,” I tried to get up again. Colton put up a fight. I squeezed his hand, something I had never done, and begged him to let me go. This time, he relented without protest.

“What was all that?” Mason asked once we made it out to the backyard of the house.

“I have no idea. He is somewhat overprotective.”

“If he touches you like that again, I swear I’ll knock his teeth out.”

“Well, you should be calm. He already has a girlfriend.” But Gabriela was not technically a girlfriend. It was more like... mmm. Better not think about it.

“It’s nice to see you again,” Mason said after having calmed down, tucking a lock of hair behind my ear. “I hope that whatever happened between us doesn’t happen again. I missed you, Anna.”

His body moved closer