Free To Love a Player by Gjoe Uzor Page B

Marnie jerk on my arm and I shook the thoughts out of my head. It dawned on me that she was firing off questions and I was completely zoned out.
     
    "Mollie, are you even listening to me?" she asked, her eyebrows raised, a smile touching her lips. I grinned at her sheepishly, shaking my head. I could feel my cheeks turning pink. Marnie tilted her head back as she laughed. She hooked her arm through mine as she said, "If you two ever get together, the world better watch out."
     
    "Why is that?" I asked, giving her a confused smile and she said, "Because you two have such an enormous amount of hot chemistry that the world may explode."
     
    I rolled my eyes at her and felt someone wrap his arm around my free shoulder. My heart stepped up its pace as I thought for a fleeting moment that it was Callen, it quickly sank a little when I saw that it was Ben. I tried not to look disappointed as I looked up at him and smiled, "Hi babe."
     
    "Hey beautiful," he said, giving me a quick kiss on my cheek while we walked. He pulled us to a stop and looked at Marnie as he asked, "Do you mind if I steal my girl for a little while?"
     
    She pouted her lip out, nodding reluctantly. We were supposed to be having a Roomie Only Night since it was our last night together.
     
    "You are the best!" Ben exclaimed as he kissed her cheek and said, "I promise that I will have her back so you can still have your night together."
     
    I stood firm in my tracks as he tried to pull me away. He turned, giving me a curious look and I said, "I told you that I couldn't hang out with you tonight. I have plans."
     
    "But, I want to take you somewhere. It's my last night with you. You'll get to see Marnie a lot more often than you'll see me," he said, as he gave me his famous puppy dog face and pulled me into his arms. Marnie insisted, "its okay, Mollie, I've got some more studying to do anyway."
     
    "No, Marnie, we planned on hanging out. So," I stated firmly and turned to Ben "I will talk to you later."
     

Callen
    I stood back out of sight watching Mollie completely blow off Ben and walk away arm in arm with Marnie. I couldn't hide my happiness, because I knew that it was my fault. She was still thinking about what was happening before we were interrupted. He stood in shock watching her walk away and I knew that it was my cue to come out from the shadows. I bent my head down low and pulled out my phone, pretending to be involved in a text message to not see him as I ran into him, hard.
     
    "What the..." he said gruffly as he stumbled forward a few steps, turning around. I looked up annoyed as I said, "Watch where you're going, Stevens."
     
    "Grey, you ran into me." His eyes flashed at me angrily and he puffed out his chest. I rolled my eyes at him, smirking like he was nothing. I started to walk away, but he grabbed my arm, asking, "Where do you think you're going?"
     
    I gave a slow glance in Mollie's direction and then back at him. His grip stiffened at the thought of me following her. The jealousy raging through his body was coming out through his fingers on my arm. I tugged it out of his grasp as I snapped, "Get off of me!"
     
    "You're going after her, aren't you?" he asked and I shook my head, giving him a look like he was nuts. He glared at me and threatened, "You stay away from her, Callen."
     
    I rolled my eyes at him, shooting him a casual, cocky grin as I replied, "Yeah, and what are you going to do if I don't?"
     
    "Are you kidding me?" Ben asked, giving me an incredulous look. He stepped forward, his face inches from mine as he said firmly, "Your ass would be handed to you on that silver spoon you have fed to you everyday."
     
    I rolled my eyes at the threat. Ben may match me in size, but I was pretty sure that I could kick his ass if it came down to it. I was just that good and I loved to fight dirty. I could have him flat on his back right now, if I really wanted, but I knew that it wouldn't win any points with Mollie. I stepped back