Free Breaking Through the Wall (Guarded Hearts Book 2) by Alexis Noelle Page B

me. We were both sweaty, out of breath, and I was now sporting a new love bite.
    After a couple minutes , I kicked him out and decided I had teased him enough today. We decided to grab something to eat before leaving. I couldn’t help but notice all of the dirty looks I was getting from the girls here. I recognized many of them from campus, but I didn’t know them.
    Then I looked up at Jason and it clicked . Did they really hate me because I was with him?

Chapter Five
     
     
     
    Jason
     
    I really wish I could just skip most of these classes. It was all a bunch of shit I couldn’t care less about. I was majoring in sports medicine, and I hoped one day to work with a professional team, but most of the classes were boring as hell.
    My after noon classes were the ones I didn’t mind going to because they actually taught me things I’d need to use when I graduated. Unfortunately, Stacey was in one of them with me, and that girl would not take a hint. The teacher assigned us a project to work on in groups of two, and of course with my luck, I got paired with her.
    When I walked out of class , Nicole was waiting for me, and just seeing her there made me smile. I felt a hand grab my arm and looked back to see Stacey, the stalker, standing there. “What?”
    “So , if you want to come over to my place tonight we could start researching.” I knew exactly what she was doing. She wanted to get me into her room and onto her bed. In the hopes that once I was there, I would be overcome with a need to have her again.
    “No , Stacey. Any kind of research I do with you will be in the library. I will talk to you on Wednesday.” I started walking toward Nicole and I could see that she was wondering what the hell that was about.
    When I reached her , I gave her a hug and lowered my head to kiss her. I could tell she was apprehensive, though. I pulled back to look at her. “Listen, I got paired with her on a project. There is nothing you need to worry about, I promise.” I placed another kiss on her lips, and she looked up at me.
    “Ok ay.” She gave me a smile, but I knew it was still bothering her.
     
    * * *
     
    Tonight Nicole had plans with the girls, so I figured I would catch up on some of my schoolwork that was already starting to pile up. Shawn walked in about an hour later, and I decided to take advantage of this opportunity and try to figure out what his deal was.
    He grabbed a beer out of the fridge and sat down on the couch. I looked over at him , trying to figure out how to start the conversation. “What’s up, J?”
    Well that made it easier. “Nothing. What’s up with you lately?”
    “What do you mean?”
    “I mean , what is going on with you? You always seem to be disappearing and you are hardly ever home anymore. You never go out with us, and if you do, you usually have to mysteriously leave in the middle of whatever we are doing.”
    He looked at me as if he wa s contemplating his answer, but then his phone rang. Damn that fucking phone, it was half of the problem. “I have to take this, J, don’t worry, I’m fine.”
    Before I could answer , he was in his room with the door closed. About five minutes later, he was on his way out the door.
    “Shawn , wait!” He turned around to look at me. “This is what I’m talking about, dude. Where are you going?”
    “I just have something I need to take care of . Lay off, J.” He was out the door before I had a chance to say anything else to him.
    I don’t know what is going on with him , but whatever it is, it can’t be good.
     
     
    Madison
     
    I was working in the coffee shop today , and Carter had work tonight, so I really wouldn’t see him much. Chris was home while he was waiting for the hearing, and I’m not going to lie, it scared me. I didn’t understand how everything always worked in his favor.
    I knew his dad was powerful , but I didn’t know he would be able to get to the people that he did. When the detective first told me that Chris