Chapter Fifteen
Yellow
THE NEXT MORNING“Ouch!”
Blinking away tears that immediately formed in my eyes, I prodded my tender nose and then checked my fingers for blood.
“s**t, El. I’m sorry.” Parker stepped close, trying to see the damage he’d done after accidentally elbowing me before he’d made his last shot, but then he paused and winced instead of getting too close. “Is it bleeding?”
“Nope,” I announced. “All good. But, uh…” I sighed and I looked him up and down. His hair was a mess, his eyes bloodshot, and it looked as if he’d slept in those clothes all night. “Are you okay?”
His expression turned as hard as flint. “I’m fine,” he bit out before turning away to fetch the basketball. “Let’s get back to the game.”
Oh, hell, no. I wasn’t playing against him any more during this sessio
