“Are you nuts? No.”
I continued under her irritated stare, and not long after she started whining.
“Look, Hunter, I’ve been trying to be nice and amenable in order to—”
Right then, her phone vibrated. She ran to her backpack, which she’d left in a corner of the kitchen. Her uniform skirt went up steeply as she bent down to grab her phone.
I darted my eyes. Okay, it was fun to mess with her, but I definitely shouldn’t stare at William’s girlfriend’s ass.
I heard her mutter in a low, heated voice, and without thinking about it, I went over to her.
“Who is it?”
Who is it? What the fuck was I saying? She turned around and sighed.
“Will.”
When would he decide to talk to her seriously?
It didn’t make sense for him to get into a situation like that. Not now, when we still had unfinished business with Austin.
I saw her disappear into the living room to talk privately, so I decided to give her space and walked out into the yard.
I took a few hits then heard her come out in a frenzy.
“Give it to me,” she said, holding her hand out.
“What do you want now?”
She looked at me right in the eye without blinking. Sometimes I got the vibe that she was scared of me in addition to the scorn she felt. Other times she wasn’t afraid of me at all. Like now.
“To smoke.”
“Whoa, whoa, slow down, princess. What’s going on?” I asked, moving the joint away.
“Let me smoke. You asked me before, or am I wrong?”
“Did something happen?”
“No, let me smoke.”
“Did you hit your head?”
“You’re insulting yourself, you know that?” She was always right. I passed her the joint.
Our fingers brushed against each other almost accidentally, but she pulled her hand back as soon as she realized it.
“You have to smoke the joint, not stare at it,” I teased.
“I thought about it again, I don’t know if it’s a good idea.”
“Try it. Nothing will happen to you.” I chuckled.
She wasn’t laughing. Her gaze tied me to her with an intense stare, as if there were no barriers between us.
I brought the joint to her lips and felt the heat of her breath and the softness of her mouth on my fingers. I shivered but she didn’t notice. She had it between her lips, took a deep breath and then started coughing.
“Ugh, gross.”
