The urge to move against the thick leg between my legs was becoming too much. My chest was panting and my muscles wanted to move my core against him over and over again.

I crawled off Stone's lap when he was distracted. He was too busy looking pleased with himself. I could tell he was inwardly grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

"Well, that was one way to get rid of him." Brennan chuckled.

A frown had etched on Stone's face and his lighter expression was no longer there.

"I am going to have to lock you away." He said in the form of a grumble.

"No, thank you." I snorted "A few hours at school with you is more than enough. I can’t handle any more than that."

He shook his head, his lip curling up.

I let myself glance at his lips before I narrowed my eyes at him again. I was more reassuring myself when I spoke aloud "I hate you."

"Do you?" He raised a brow, unconvinced.

"I hate you." I said again before elaborating while I raised myself on my knees, so I was at his face level "I hate you more than anything. I cannot think about anything else except how much I hate you."

Stone moved a piece of hair from my face and behind my ear before he dropped his thumb, so it brushed my lip "For a little nerd, I am unsure you know what the word hate means."

My gaze flicked over the mountain of a man before I sighed.

He was right.

Brennan spoke up "You two just need to hatef—"

The glare from Stone shut him up and made him not continue his sentence.

Lana choked on her juice and almost spat it out.

I had nothing left to say so I sat and ate my peanut butter and jelly sandwich in silence.

Chapter Twenty-Five

The boys were unloading their surfboards from the back of the black truck. After school, I drove back home to change into shorts and a bikini. I also ditched Kermit on my street before Stone picked me up.

We had not spoken since our conversation at lunch. It hung in the air between us. It was only a matter of time before the elephant in the room had to be addressed.

As the two boys continued to mess around at the truck, Lana and I started walking ahead onto the sand.

She nudged me with a smile "So what was that at lunch? Have you been keeping something from me?"

"I don't know what you are talking about." I claimed.

Lana laughed again at how blatant my lie was before she mentioned "He was totally hinting that something had happened between the two of you."

"He is deranged." I pointed out before trying to get away from answering the question "Did you see him with Chase? He looked like a pure psycho. He was definitely lying about whatever he was trying to hint at."