Lying With Temptation by S. M. Donaldson Read Free Book Online Page B

can’t tell if girls want to date you or the image.”
    I nod, “Yeah, my crazy ass ex was definitely that way.”
    “Yeah Russ kinda filled me in on her.  Sounds like you got burned pretty bad man.”
    “Yeah, more like I felt pretty damn stupid.”
    “So Gabby told me that she told you the whole story.”
    I nod, “Yeah those guys really did a number on her.”
    “Oh trust me, the day it all hit the fan is probably the closest I’ve came to murdering someone.  When Gabby walked in that cafeteria and the entire football team started giving me Reece’s description of events, all I could think was I had to get her out of there.  I was so mad with them, mad with her…I’d begged her to leave the Reece thing alone and she wouldn’t listen.  She thought she saw something in him no one else did, telling her that day about him, her, her best friend…it nearly killed me.  The only bright spot of the day was later that afternoon when I saw Elle running from her house bleeding and I walked over to find Gabby crying but she told me she broke Elle’s nose and blacked her eye…Hell I couldn’t have been prouder.”
    I start laughing, the thought of Gabby hurting anyone just doesn’t sound like her…she seems hard, but you can tell she’s not.
    She walks out of her room dressed to work out, “Are you douche bags gonna sit around in your underwear all day or are you going to come work out with me at the weight room?”
    I jump up, “I’ll be ready in a few minutes.”
    Cade looks up, “I told Daria I’d be here when she got back from work and I’m hung over sooooo ummm no.”
    She runs over and jumps on him on the couch, “You gave me shit about getting soft and you’re going to just be a lump on my couch today.”
    He pulls her into a head lock, “Yep because I work my ass off all week.  Now go Linc will go with you.”
    She shoves off of him, “Fine asshole…when is the entire Shitville Gang due here this week?”
    “Leslie said sometime Thursday night.”
    “You better not be messing around with Leslie when she gets here…if you screw up things with Daria I will cut your balls off.”
    He looks at her, “Damn Gabby have a little faith in me.”
    “I’m just saying you don’t always make the wisest decisions.”
    “I don’t want Leslie okay…just leave it.  Go work out.”
    She stomps to the door, “Come on Linc, before I kick his ass.”
    ~*~
    I look ov er at her huffing I can tell she’s pissed.  I probably shouldn’t go here but I am, “Cade is really into Daria you know.”
    She unemotionally says, “I know.  He just has a tendency sometimes to think with the wrong head.  Especially when it comes to that skank Leslie.”
    “Oh so they have history?”
    “Well if you call hooking up at random events, her chasing after him like some sort of blood hound after a biscuit, then yeah you could say they have history.”
    I laugh, “Well they’re over what’s the big deal?”
    “I just didn’t want any of them to come here.  She screwed with his head bad…when she found out that we were coming here together…she claimed to be pregnant.  When I told him to demand to go to the doctor with her to see a live ultrasound she finally gave up and basically told him that he was just a pathetic loser following me off like a lost puppy.  So I may or may not have punched her in the face and said that she was trailer trash and that all she wanted was for some pathetic moron to take her out of her trailer.  That he was coming here for an education and that wasn’t pathetic at all , but she was.”
    I laugh, “So you get violent with anyone who crosses you except for mice.”
    She punched me in the arm, “Shut it ass munch.”
    I laugh, “I’m really beginning to think you need anger management Gabby.”
    Once we are in the weight room I look over at Gabby, God I just want to lick the sweat off of her body…slowly. “Hey Gab let’s workout on the boxing bag, maybe burn off some of