Chapter 9
Wade
“Tell me something I don’t know about you,” I said and nudged my leg against Preston’s. Sawyer had gone with Liam and a group of people on a sunset hike an hour ago, so we were alone, sitting next to each other on the dock, feet dangling, sides touching, fingers playing with each other.
The heat had returned with a vengeance after yesterday’s rain, and it was lingering far into the evening. The sun descended slowly, painting the sky with streaks of orange. Birds chirped happily and fish splashed the lake, creating expanding rings on the surface.
It was a beautiful evening, but all I saw was him. His tanned, olive skin contrasted against my fairer, bronzed one. The black fur that covered his legs was so dark compared to my blond body hair, like the black-and-white of a pe
