Chapter 26

Lyra

I pretended to be shocked.

Played dumb.

Because I wanted him to snap.

I wanted him to lose it.

I wanted to push him to that line and make him cross it.

So I leaned back.

Let my spine press harder into the tree trunk.

Tilted my head like I didn’t know what he meant.

“Do what?” I whispered, voice all sweet and breathy like I was the most innocent little thing on the planet.

He stepped closer.

So fucking close.

I could feel his heat now.

Feel his chest almost brushing mine.

Feel the air shift between us with tension and lust and things no girl my age should be thinking about this hard.

His breath hitched.

I saw his jaw clench.

I saw his eyes flick down again.

Straight to my tits.

Which I was absolutely still squeezing together because fuck it I wanted him to look.

I wanted to drown him in it.

I wanted to watch him struggle.

His hand twitched at