Chapter 240

My heart was racing, pounding like a drum.

I'd been the one who wanted to tease him, to test him, but now that he was actually responding, I totally chickened out.

I was breathing like I'd just run a marathon. "Hayden, you..."

He stepped closer, and I completely froze, taking a step back on instinct.

With each step, he went from being outside the door to inside my apartment. I was now pinned against the shoe rack, both of us still holding onto this stupid bowl of oatmeal.

Gotta give him credit, though—he hadn't spilled a single drop, even with all this back and forth.

My heart was going so fast I thought it might jump out of my chest.

Hayden didn't say a word. He just stood there, so close, staring right at me.

I couldn't look at him anymore, full-on panicking. What was I thinking trying to provoke him like this?

Lena had pushed me into it, but she also warned me: guys can't resist being teased.

Well, I'd definitely lost my mind for a sec and done something dumb.

But it was