Lie for Me (13 page)

Sure thing
. I toss her in the pool.

“Motherfu—” She surfaces in an instant, pawing wet hair from her eyes. “You bastard!”

“Yeah, pretty much.” I offer her one hand. “Not such a nice guy after all, huh?”

She bats at me, kicking toward the pool's edge. “Is that what this is about? Proving you're a dick? How third-grade are you?”

“What can I say? You bring out the worst in me.” I extend my hand once more and, this time, she grabs on and hauls me face-first into the pool. I twist, trying not to land on her, but her hands have dug into my shirt and now my arms have pinned her to my chest. I force us to the surface and she gasps, her fingers gripping my hair.

I kiss her.

I press my palm to her low back, grinding us closer as Wick's mouth opens to mine. I touch my tongue to her lower lip and she shivers, fingernails biting into my shoulders. Our tongues brush and I taste mint gum and . . .
her
.

Christ, I've wanted this for so long. I take my time, enjoying it . . . until her arms circle my neck and she's urging me to her. The kiss hardens, deepens. My brain goes fuzzy and, even though we're rammed into the pool wall, I feel like I'm free-falling.

Having Wick in my arms feels like the downhill swoop of a roller coaster and it does. Not. Stop.

I pant against her mouth, grinning. “Three years, Wicked. I waited three years and you were worth every damn second.”

Now she's grinning and her lips curve so close to mine I taste her answer before she whispers, “Again.”

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ROMILY BERNARD
graduated from Georgia State University with a literature degree. Since then, she's worked as a riding instructor, cell-phone salesperson, personal assistant, horse groomer and exercise rider, accounting assistant, and, during a very dark time, customer service representative. . . . She's also, of course, now a YA novelist.

So don't let anyone tell you a BA degree will keep you unemployed.

Romily currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and
Find Me
is her debut novel. It placed first in the 2011 YA Unpublished Maggie Awards (given by Georgia Romance Writers) and won the Golden Heart Award for YA Romance from the Romance Writers of America in 2012.

 

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