Who is this?
I smirked as I pictured his response. The scowl he’d be wearing.
UNKNOWN
So that’s the game we’re playing, huh Shadow?
Sighing, I saved his number. Just so I’d know if he bothered me again. I hesitated over the name entry. Once, as a kid, I’d saved him as ‘Dickhead.’ The same would’ve worked today, but I was more mature than that.
Tapping in ‘Dom,’ I rolled my eyes as another message came through.
DOM
I’m just saying, it’s fucking weird that you haven’t spent the night with your fiancée the whole time I’ve been here.
Yeah, I should’ve been less mature. Dom was definitely still a dickhead.
RYAN
This stalking is weird.
DOM
It’s not stalking to hear how many people walk past my door and into your place.
It’s called neighbourly courtesy and paper-thin fucking walls.
I bit my lip. He was right. They were thin. Sometimes, if I listened closely, I could hear the creak of his bedsprings as he rolled over.I hated how it’d make me catch my breath, the ache spreading between my legs.
I had no business thinking about him that way.
RYAN
So you’re saying you pay attention to everyone’s comings and goings?
DOM
No. Just yours.
RYAN
See - weird.
DOM
Nah. No one else interests me like you do. Never have done.
I dropped my phone on my chest and pressed the heels of my hands to my eyes. What the fuck was I doing right now?
My phone buzzed once. Twice. I told myself to ignore it. To put the phone down and go to sleep.
Apparently, I was past the point of listening to good advice, even if I was the one giving it.
DOM
It is weird that she’s not there, especially tonight.
Trouble in paradise, Shadow?