Slow No Wake - By Dakota Madison Page 0,38

surged through my body. He gently ran his index finger from the sensitive spot behind my ear all the way down my neck. “This ponytail makes me want to kiss your delicious neck.”

Shivers ran through me and I tried to back away from him, but I was stopped by the wall behind me.

“Daniel will be here any minute. He’s right over there, doing his internship hours in the inpatient building.” Eddie pointed to a building on the other side of the school. What kind of sadistic jerk would say such a thing and why was I still immensely attracted to him? I was starting to hate myself for allowing Eddie into my life. But trying to get rid of him seemed to turn him on even more.

The last thing I wanted was for Daniel to see me in a compromising position with Eddie. I just couldn’t take hurting him any more than I already had. He was too nice of a guy for that kind of treatment. He deserved the very best. I just wondered if that was me.

I gathered my courage and looked up at Eddie. “Why are you doing this? Why can’t you just leave me alone?” I tried to move past him, but he put his arms on either side of me and trapped me against the wall.

“I want you, Alexandria. I’ve wanted you from the very first day I saw you moving in and I still want you. Don’t think I’m going to give up without a fight.”

I glared at him. The lust I had felt just seconds ago was now replaced with anger. “I told you that I want to be with Daniel.”

He dropped one arm but kept the other one firmly in place on the other side of me. “This isn’t over, sweetheart.”

I knew he was right. It wasn’t over. But I didn’t know what to do about it. At that moment, though, I knew I had to get as far away from him as I could. I also wanted to make sure I was nowhere near Eddie when Daniel arrived.

Too late.

When I eased away from Eddie, Daniel was practically sprinting toward us.

“What’s going on over here?” Daniel inquired, his tone clipped.

Eddie turned and gave his roommate a pat on the shoulder. “Hey, Danny-O. I was just giving your girlfriend some pointers on the climbing wall.”

Daniel’s eyes narrowed and he glared at his roommate. “I bet you were.”

The two men stared at each other for a long moment and I could feel tension fill the air between them. It was going to be a very long day.

Daniel then turned his attention toward me. His eyes appeared to be filled with sadness and I was suddenly flooded with guilt. I never wanted to do anything to hurt Daniel and I wanted him to know that, but now was not the time or place to have that conversation. I wanted to do something to reassure him, though. I felt like I had to do something to take his pain away. I stepped close to him and placed a kiss on his cheek.

Daniel quickly put his arm around me and pulled me in close to his chest. I could feel tension drain from his body as he drew me in, then placed a light kiss on the top of my head.

When I snuck a quick glance at Eddie, he was staring at me. I thought he might say some kind of snide comment, but he just shook his head, turned and walked away.

It wasn’t long before we were joined by the twins, Brad and Ricky, and the fun times really began.

“I don’t plan on teaming up with anyone but my sister,” Serenity announced as she looked around nervously. “No offence, but she’s really the only person I trust in situations like this.”

“But there are six of us,” Trinity added. “What if we have to get into two teams of three?”

Serenity’s gaze immediately turned to me. “Then we should take Lexie. Keep the girls together.”

Eddie walked back over to the group. He looked like nothing strange had happened just a few minutes previously. He was Mister Cool and Charismatic again.

I, on the other hand, was a nervous wreck. And when I glanced over at Daniel, I could see his entire body go tense and his jaw clench at the site of his roommate. Oh, to be a fly on the wall in their apartment. I did have a glass I could put up to the wall. I pocketed