Chapter 33

**KAIA**

A gasp involuntarily left my lips when he pressed himself against me, and his lips were on the side of my neck, biting, licking, and teasing the skin.

The state of shock had my whole body paralyzed against the wall, leaving me in no position to react in any way to stop him.

It was the guilt inside me that had been triggered to remind me how much I was secretly enjoying it and how weak I was to not even be able to stop him.

The way he was aggressively kissing my neck hurts, but it hurts so good that I was not going to complain.

His hand left my neck and dropped to the curve of my waist. Both his hands slipped under my shirt, and they slowly started to move up my back, leaving a trail of fire behind.

He moved his hands higher till they stopped right below the strap of my bra, and something immediately snapped inside my brain just as I heard the door lock click open.

I pushed him away from me, and confusion clouded his features before he finally realized why I had done that.

Voices immediately filled the room when Amy walked in, with Nate closely following behind.

"Why are you two standing like that in the dark?" Amy asked out loud while looking back and forth between Adrian and me.

"Nothing." I quickly replied and adjusted my shirt while walking towards her.

"And why are you two together?" Adrian asked Amy and Nate, and I paused and also looked at them with confusion, wondering the same thing.

"We ran into each other outside. He was looking for you, and I told him that you would be here." Amy said before throwing a set of keys towards him.

"Bro, I left you for only a few seconds in your dorm room, and when I returned, you were gone." Nate added.

I glanced towards Adrian, and he caught my eye while pocketing his keys before walking towards the door.

"I wanted to make sure my car was safe."

Amy scoffed. "Please, you know better than anyone that I'm a safe driver and I would never leave a scratch on your baby."

I reached towards the counter to grab a glass and fill it with water, but my hands were still shaking so much that I made a lot of noises, and they all turned to look at me.

"Are you good, Kaia?" Nate asked with a smile.

"Mm-hmm."

I withdrew my hands and decided to drink later. Just after they leave, my emotions are back in a normal state.

"Oh my gosh, is that a hickey on your neck?"

Amy asked out loud, and it took me a minute too late to realize she was actually talking to me.

She rushed towards me and tilted my face to the side to examine it some more.

"It is a hickey! Wow, Callum worked fast, huh?"

My eyes immediately snapped towards Adrian's, and I caught the way he clenched his jaw tightly after hearing what Amy just said.

"Let's go." He said this to Nate, and they both started to walk outside.

"Goodnight ladies." Nate said and Amy said goodnight, and I gave him a polite smile while watching them leave.

Adrian suddenly paused and glanced back inside. His eyes met mine right before Nate closed the door behind his back after stepping outside, and I didn't miss the small smirk on his face after the door had closed.

Motherfucker

He did this on purpose.

**•ADRIAN•**

"And then she started speaking to me all of a sudden. I looked the other way to see if everyone was watching us."

I rolled my eyes for the fifth time and pushed the barbell into his arms before sitting up. I asked the fucker to spot me, and all he did was yap about some girl he has a crush on in one of his classes.

For fuck's sake!

This is a fucking gym. A place where we're supposed to be focusing our minds on one thing instead of something else that's completely out of the box.

I turned towards Amir and narrowed my eyes at him. He noticed the look on my face and started to grin sheepishly.

"I'm sorry, man. I just can't get that part out of my head." He said.

"And you thought talking about it in the gym would help?"

He shrugged his shoulders while still smiling.

"Remind me not to bring you along next time." I told him half-jokingly while standing up and heading in the direction where the treadmills are.

"You know I love you, right?" He yelled after me.

I shook my head while rolling my eyes again.

"You're a great listener, Adrian!" He shouted again, and I swiftly turned around and flipped my middle fingers at him.

I continued walking and entered another area where all the treadmills were. I stopped near the entrance and scanned the room for an unoccupied machine.

After barely ten seconds of looking around, my eyes stopped on the one person I've been looking forward to seeing all day.

This was the first time I'd seen her here at the gym. But then again, this is the school's gym, so everyone practically comes and goes whenever they want.

This should be fun.

I started walking towards her, and coincidentally, the woman running next to her hopped off her treadmill and left. I walked a little faster to occupy it before someone else did.

Kaia continued her jog without even noticing me. She was wearing this cute sports bra with black shorts, headphones on, and her hair up in a messy ponytail.

I set the timer and glanced toward her one more time. I quickly spotted the small, purplish bruise on the side of her neck. A smile immediately wormed its way across my face.

Honestly, none of us saw it coming. I was also surprised with myself for what I did, but it's no surprise to both of us that there's some attraction there.

One that I had intended to erase that night by confronting her, which ended up with me leaving a fucking hickey on her neck. I honestly just wanted to get it out of my system and move on.

What I didn't expect was for this stupid pull between us to keep getting stronger every time we crossed paths.

I finally focused on my cardio routine, and a few minutes later, I started to notice Kaia slowing down with her jog and starting to walk instead.

I did the same thing and then saw her pull off her headphones and finally look in my direction. I turned my head to the side, and our eyes immediately locked.

Hers suddenly rounded in surprise the minute she saw me.

"What the hell? How are you everywhere?" She whispered fiercely at me.

I chuckled and glanced around the room.

"It's a gym."

She immediately narrowed her eyes at me.

"Are you following me?"