Chapter 37

Keira

“So, on a scale of one to ten, how happy are you that I’m here?” Ethan asks, popping another jelly bean into his mouth.

We’ve settled on spending the night here in my apartment. Here being less conspicuous and less likely for anyone to suspect anything. Ethan has spent the better half of the hour he’s been here chowing down on our snacks though than focusing on the movie playing on my laptop.

“I would have said eleven, but you keep talking so I bump it down to nine.” Ignoring his mock expression of offense, I reach over and grab the bowl of popcorn.

For a student dorm, Naomi and mine’s shared apartment is a pretty decent size. It allows for a common area outside, and a big enough bedroom to fit a double-sized bed. But what I used to view as a blessing, now seems like a curse, because with Ethan’s unbelievably long legs and muscular body, the bed I used to roll around in seems too small to fit us both.

But Ethan doesn’t seem to mind, even if his feet dangle off the foot of the be