His eyes flew to Kenzlee and back before saying, “Are you sure she’s your girl, Draven?” He shrugged a shoulder. “There seems to be a lot of…uh, uncertainty on what’s going on between the two of you.”
I gripped Kenzlee’s waist and pushed her behind me. Stepping up to Jason, I cleared things up for him and whoever else was in the hallway listening. “There’s no uncertainty, Fuller,” I replied. “Kenzlee’s mine.”
“Talon!”
Jason smirked. “You sure about that?”
I had only one card to play here. Kenzlee was one second away from refuting my claim, and I couldn’t let that happen. “I’m positive,” I told him. “However, if you’re still confused, maybe I can explain it to you better during a Friday night.”
He reared back knowing exactly what I was suggesting, and that gave him pause, but he still didn’t back down. “That still won’t make her yours if she doesn’t want to be yours, Talon.”
He was right.
As much as I hated to admit it, he was right. I could kick his ass and every other guy’s ass whoever came near her, and that still wouldn’t mean anything. She had to confirm our…relationship.
I took a step to the right and gave Kenzlee the floor. She was going to have to set Jason-and everyone in the goddamn hallway-straight. And I was going to have to trust that she would.
If she said she was single, I’m not sure what I would do. And the hell of it was, I was pretty sure that’s what she was going to say. I mean, why wouldn’t she? She’s been very vocal about her objections to being railroaded; this was her perfect chance to put me in my place.
I looked down at her and said, “Do you want to clear things up for Jason, or should I?”
Her light brown eyes were full of resentment, but there was a touch of surrender in them too, and it was helping me breathe a little easier. Kenzlee didn’t like this pull between us any more than I did, but I’ve stopped fighting it where she was still trying to wrap her mind around the fact that it existed.
She turned her head to face Jason, and, no lie, my heart felt like it was going to beat right out of my chest with anticipation. Her next words would cement herself to me or make me fuck Jason up.
Jason eyed her as she cleared her throat and hugged her book to her chest. “Ja…Jason, I’m…I’m not in the position to be anything but your friend-”
Not good enough.
“Kenzle-” Jason started.
I stepped towards her letting her know I didn’t appreciate her response, and it was looking like I was going to have to fuck Jason up, after all. But then she said, “Talon and I…we…”
Jason didn’t let her finish. “You can’t be serious?” he asked incredulously. “Come on, Kenzlee. Don’t let him intimidate you into-”
Kenzlee shook her head at him. “I’m not letting him do anything,” she said, interrupting his accusations. “I’m sorry, Jason, but…even if Talon and I weren’t together, that doesn’t mean I’d be interested in anything with someone else.”
I stepped in front of Kenzlee, cutting Jason off from any further contact with her. “You heard her, Fuller. Now, I’m not going to tell you again. Stay the fuck away from my girl,” I warned.
He shot me a hate-filled glare before turning around and storming off. After he was a safe distance away, I turned around to face Kenzlee, and asked, “Why?”
Her glare was every bit has hate-filled as Jason’s. “What was I supposed to do?” she hissed quietly, so we couldn’t be overheard. “Let you beat him up?”
Aaahhh…it all made sense now.
“So, you were just trying to save Jason from a beat down, is that it? How noble,” I deadpanned.
The corner of her lip curled in a snarl, and I knew it wouldn’t be long before she lost her composure and I got to see the real Kenzlee. “Not all of us are savages,” she spewed.
I slammed her up against her locker, and my dick got hard at the widening of her eyes. I wasn’t one to manhandle females, but Kenzlee needed to understand just how serious I was about this-abouther.“You haven’tseensavage,” I barked. “But keep fucking around and you’re about to, White.”
Alex walked up, saving Kenzlee just in time.
Chapter 10
The chaos that can shut us down.
Talon~
