All Chapters of Kai Parker's Not Ready: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

PRESENT DAY **** He looked lost in thoughts. I didn't know if he was thinking about the same thing as me. I didn't intend to be so playful with him. It wasn't on my agenda. But I couldn't help myself from teaching him a lesson. But boy, was I being flustered as well? Why did it bring me down the memory lane? His flushed cheeks reminded me of the earlier days of our unusual pact. “But you still didn't tell us what you actually do.” Matthew drew on, hanging on the same topic and pulling me back from my thoughts. I realised that I was staring at him. Rolling my eyes at myself, I took the dessert and started eating it, trying not to look at Kai and his tempting red face. I was getting excited down there and it was not something I was proud of. I needed to get out of here as soon as possible. “Portraits. I'm kind of an expert at drawing and painting portraits.” Kai finally answered, his tone uncertain. The table engaged in small talks again. Kai and his mother were the centre

I wanted to believe that he was lying, I really did. However, he didn't look like a liar—not that I was totally familiar with the look of a liar. The way he calmly sat on the chair, radiating energy that he owned the ground he walked on, made it impossible for me to think he would bother to lie. I couldn't humor him by telling him that, though. He already got on my nerves enough. “How can I believe you?” I asked him, eyes narrowed. Did he think I would just believe him when he said he had no hand in it? I wasn't as naive as I was when we were in high school. He didn't answer. He looked at me as if I were an idiot. Rolling the sleeve of his shirt up, he displayed his inked arms. My eyes lingered on them more than they should have. When we were in high school, he had only a few tattoos on his body, but now his forearms were fully coated with ink. There were so many tattoos all jumbled up together that I couldn't tell what they were. However, I could tell what his most cherished tat