Layla’s pov

I felt tears blur my vision as I stared down at my broken laptop.

It took years cleaning my neighbors’ garage to sum up enough money to buy it five months ago. All the while I had been writing my erotica novels on my phone.

Seeing my hard work in notwo, broke me completely and I sobbed. It would take a lot more than cleaning garages to sum up enough money to buy one by the end of the month. Laptops weren’t cheap.

“Shit, sorry.” I hear Tyler apologize but I don’t acknowledge him. Instead, I crouch down to pick up my broken laptop.

When I had all of it grasped in my hands, I stood up and turned to Tyler. I scowled at him. His gaze pinned me down and he flinched as if shocked to see the tears in my eyes.

“You caused this!” | snarled.

His gaze drops to my broken laptop in my hand and he cringes. “If you hadn’t stomped on my foot

I cut him off with a nasty scowl. “If you gave it back to me when I asked then your foot wouldn’t have been stomped on.”

Suddenly, there was a drop on my laptop and then on my face until it was raining heavily. I squint holding the laptop to my chest closely with one hand and quickly reach for my bag with the other.

Tyler mumbles out another curse while oddly still standing there. I don’t acknowledge him, throwing out my leg to the other bench as I run down the bleachers. But I could hear his heavy breathing down my back as he keeps up.

he might just want to get out of the

my main concern was getting out of this rain and probably to not catch a cold. My laptop which I should’ve thrown in my bag the moment I saw the drop of rain,

fall. I whip

down at me as he lifts my laptop over my head. “What are you

rain.” He deadpan

he’d not see since I have many drops of rain on my glasses.” With my laptop that you broke? How

I would be scowling at Tyler Wood, then I would’ve

tall boy too close for comfort and now holding my laptop as an umbrella over my head, then I’m convinced that sometimes

we catch a bad cold.” He mumbles over

slip out of his mouth. In all honesty, I thought he’d not know me far less my name. But of course he might

with the two, I only managed a grimace and decide to just shut my mouth and actually try to get

I tried to get rid

endure his presence until we reach the parking lot and he could climb in his expensive car and I can be on my

minutes,

the chill already getting to me. I could simply run to the bus stop and shelter there but the last time I did, there was dog crap everywhere. I was not about to step on dog shit and

when we were in the parking lot and

like glared.

on

thing was dead and

answers with. “I’ll give you a

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