Feeling a new warmth against my lower back, I hold back a yelp when I feel Leo’s finger in between my skin and my shorts. He lightly pulls me back by the material and nods his head toward the door.
What the hell? Can’t he see I’m in the middle of something important?
I look back toward the lady in concern. “Can I come in for work on Friday?”
Another tug and harder this time.
“Monday,” she says while looking up at me from her magazine.
This time, his tug is hard enough to pull me into his body. My butt grinds against him. Every bone in my body freezes as I feel his hard length against my bum.
“Shit,” he whispers.
Shit indeed. How am I not dead on the floor yet?
I pull away from him and glare. Leo’s dark eyes drop to my lips as I desperately mouth to him,Stop.
Turning back around, I reply to the grumpy woman, “Okay then, I’ll see you on Monday.” Dropping the resume on the counter I storm out of the bookstore, I turn quickly, and he exits behind me.
“Leo, I was trying to get a job! What was that?”
He shrugs and gives me an unbothered look. “I wanted to leave.”
“Then, why did you come?” I place my hands on my hips. “That was the reason I was there in the first place. This is important to me!”
“You already got the job.” He waves me off, pushing his sunglasses further up his nose. “Let’s go get coffee or something.” As I open my mouth to protest, he frowns at something over my shoulder.
Suddenly, Leo’s hand grips mine tightly when a voice gasps from behind me. “Trinity?”
I freeze.
THIRTEEN
TRINITY
Ihate that voice. It’s worse than nails scratching against a chalkboard.
Bethany—a literal devil walking on earth. She’s every cliché mean girl you hear about. Bethany walks with her nose in the air as her strong perfume makes you feel high and dizzy. She acts like she’s a celebrity. Sorry to burst her bubble, but she’s only known in one small town for backstabbing people she “loves.” She takes every girl’s boyfriend and betrays all her friends. Not to mention, she’s mostly hated by everyone in school, apart from her minions who follow everything she says. I can’t stand her.
I glance at Leo with wide eyes, hoping he gets what I mean.Get me away from this girl right now, I scream in my head.
The eyes I’ve grown to find comfort in stare at me with understanding. I notice how his once-relaxed body stiffens when Bethany glances at him as she stops next to us with a fake smile on her face.
“Bethany,” I say and clear my throat. Turning around to face her, I give her my fakest smile.
“It’s so good to see you after so long!” she exclaims and flings herself at me.
I have to hold myself back from pushing her nasty body away from mine.Kill them with kindness. Yeah, that’s what I should do.
“Likewise,” I reply cheerily.
“Who’s this?” Bethany asks and gestures to Leo when she pulls away from my body.
Leo glances down quickly and shuffles on his feet, nervously looking over his shoulder to where his car is parked on the side of the road. He addresses me with sympathy. “Trinity, I’ll be in the car, waiting for you.”
I watch his retreating back with a feeling of betrayal running through my veins.Take me with you!
How rude. He knew I needed him at this moment. We haven’t known one another for long, but I thought he could have stayed put and shown emotions for once.
