Always Only You by Chloe Liese (z-lib.org).epub

Playlist: “Atlantis,” Bridgit Mendler
WATCHING HIM WALK TOWARD THE DOOR, I TRY REALLY HARD NOT TO CHECK
out his ass, but you need to understand how hard that is. One, all hockey players
have incredible butts. It’s a fact. Two, Ren has a really fantastic butt. It deserves
to be immortalized in sculpture, a marble homage to the glory of the male
backside.
I bounce on the exercise ball to lose my jitters, drag on the joint, feeling its
acrid sweetness fill my lungs. That long hit mellows my racing thoughts enough
to help me stop ogling Ren and get myself together. Jesus, I am a mess. I stub
out the last of it and wave the air to clear the smell a little.
“Wow.” Ren reenters the kitchen, sets down the massive bag of food on the
counter, and peers inside. If he’s perturbed by the cloud of secondhand
marijuana he’s standing in, he doesn’t let on. “Feeling extra munchy tonight, are
we?”
I tear open the bag and nearly drop the moo shoo pork. Ren catches it.
Gently setting it down, he lifts the lid and sets it aside, glossing over the moment
as he smiles at me.
“Can I get plates?” he asks. “Chopsticks?”
He rounds the counter before I’ve answered. A rush of self-consciousness
pricks me. “Only if you join me.”
Ren freezes at the cabinet and looks over his shoulder. “Frankie, I don’t want
to take your food.”
“Please share it with me, Ren.” I hold his eyes.
Don’t go there. Not you. Please don’t make me the poor creature you help
and fuss over.
Ren’s pale eyes sparkle with his deepening smile. “Well, okay.” He pulls out
plates and bowls, then shuts the cabinet and makes himself at home, riffling