KATLYN
“Wait!” I blurted out, and the word came out loud and explosive in the silence which had followed his last statement that had left me flustered and warm, considering my mind forgot everything but the punishment he had given me. And our conversation had come to an unintended halt after that, but now as I remembered our stupid little game that I lost, I realized something.
Turning to him, I found him already looking at me. A lone dark brow arched up on his forehead as he waited for me to continue. “You said that it wasn’t a lie. The one…” I frowned. “You were bullied as a kid?”
His tongue rolled out to swipe at his bottom lip and I felt my own lips tingle at that action, before I shook my head and focused back on him. “I was.”
“But… How?” Amusement danced in his eyes. “I mean, ho
