Shit. It felt like my life was falling apart. And I wanted to blame him for all of it. I knew that couldn’t be true. But I blamed him anyway.
The sound of male laughter caught my attention as I passed the lockers near the lecture hall. My heart skipped a beat as I scanned the tall, athletic bodies of the basketball team, hoping I’d see him. But just like last week, he wasn’t there. My chest felt tight.
His friend, the campus Romeo, Caleb Lockhart, was there though. I marched up to him.
“Hey,” I said. “Can I talk to you?”
All male eyes turned to me. Including Lockhart’s. The gorgeous boy. Shiny, thick brown hair, green eyes. Tall, hot bod. Just standing there, I could tell he was charismatic.
But his face didn’t make my heart race. His eyes didn’t excite or challenge me. Not the way Cameron’s face and eyes did.
“Sure,” he said.
We moved away a little, but his teammates were watching us. He waved them away and told them to go ahead without him.
“Wow. Mind control?” I said, gesturing toward his team when they followed his orders like the Unsullied followed Daenerys.
“I can turn invisible too. It’s just not working right now.” He smiled.
Yes, he was definitely gorgeous. Charming smiles that could easily lure a girl’s heart. But it didn’t affect mine.
Mine was already given to someone who didn’t want it.
“I see your cart, but where’s your donkey?” I asked.
He blinked, confused. I wondered if he was wearing fake lashes. They were so long. “Donkey?”
“Yeah, you know. The one with the black, curly hair and as tall as a yeti and as muscular as a bull. The idiot one.”
His eyes twinkled. “Cam?”
“Caleb! Break’s over. Let’s go!” one of his teammates called out as he passed by us.
Caleb waved him away.
“I just want to know…is he okay?” I asked.
His green eyes warmed. “He’s okay. Don’t worry, Kara.”
I lifted my eyebrows. I was surprised he knew my name. Did Cameron tell him about me?
“He told me about you.”
He did?
I gave him a smile. He was nice. “Thanks,” I told him. “You’re not so bad.”
“You’re not so bad either.”
We both cared for the same person. That was enough for me to like him. I turned to leave.
“Kara!” he called out.
“Yeah?”
He angled his head, studying my face. After a moment, he asked, “Can I tell you something?”
“Go ahead.”