CHAPTER 33 (FRECKLES)

CHAPTER 33

Freckles

Derek stood motionless as he scrolled through his playlist for the perfect song to play.

He had almost nothing on except a pair of tight designer briefs, the kind where the elastic waistband is all that covered your rear.

His chest was patterned with crisscrossing tan lines from high school football workouts, each one a reminder of his commitment to discipline and excellence. The track finished loading, and soft music began to emanate from his speakers.

"What do I do for love?" Derek sang along in a smooth voice that would have melted any heart within a half-mile radius. There was nothing to do for love but he sang along anyway. All these were done to take his mind off the fact that he had finally left Clarke for good.

He could not still sit well with the fact that they wouldn't be sleeping together anymore. Anything to his single mom, charity.

"Oh,"

he belted out in mock despair,

"don't know what to do."

Everything he did seemed like too little. His apartm