Elaine
My world was unravelling, right in my own house, and I had no idea what the hell to do about it.
It didn't even matter that this was my home and I could pretty much do anything I wanted. I didn't look or feel like the fearless owner right now, with how I shoved my hands between my legs, embarrassment washing over me as I realized I only had my tiny sleep shorts on.
They were part of the reason I had run earlier from Grayson. The way he'd looked at me in them... lighting a fire in me that left me sweating in the cold hours of the early morning. I'd decided to run before I let him do something I'd regret.
But then I heard voices, and had come to see if it was one of my neighbours needing something, when I walked into... them.
Grayson's family.
I stared at the bunch, my tongue
