Chapter 72: Hanging Out + Kai
Jules’ pov
Taylor clearly doesn’t know how to read the room, because it had been obvious that Josh and I didn’t want Kai to come over, and I could do nothing but huff underneath my breath as I heard the sounds of Kai’s footsteps as he came closer.
He stopped beside Josh and stared down at us. I exhaled slowly before glancing up at him, teeth working over my bottom lip. His hair fell over his forehead and the cape of the hoodie casted a shadow over his face. He retrieved his hands from his pockets and waved down at us.
"Hey guys."
His eyes mostly remained on me as he spoke and I swallowed emptily as I waved at him along with the rest of the group.
"Hey, Kai." I offered him a smile as he sat beside Josh, directly in front of me. As I listened to Taylor asking him how he was and how his day went, my mind drifted back to the warning Blaze gave me the last time Kai came up in our conversation, which was the time I returned home late, and the time he rescued me from those vampires and had detected Kai’s scent on me.
He had asked me to stay away from him.
Although at first I ended up agreeing within myself that I wouldn’t let Blaze tell me what to do when it comes to that, I could still vividly remember the time I went into Kai’s room days ago and how he tried to kiss me. Thinking about it right now made my cheeks grow a little warm, that was enough to make me stay away from Kai, because I wouldn’t know how to act around him once we’re alone.
The sound of my name being called pulled me out of my thoughts.