“No, not more than you,” I heard Jackson answer behind me.Ew.
“Yeah, but I’d like to hear what Jamie has to say,” the brunet insisted.
In response, he obliged and leered at me as if he could see my curves hidden under my hoodie. “I don’t know . . .” he said without taking his eyes off me. “I’d definitely do her in the ass.”
My throat closed right up.
This guy was abominable. He loved to torment people, and he was doing it for no reason.
“Come here, Becky,” he ordered, vaping again as if nothing had happened. The brunet stood, straightened her silver minidress, and then straddled James. He put the joint between her glossy lips, and she smiled mischievously.
I jumped up.
“I wouldn’t go anywhere near you even if you doused yourself with an entire bottle of disinfectant. I’d get sick if I touched you.”
My words elicited contrasting responses. Some laughed; others’ jaws dropped.
“You’re doing it again, White,” I heard him slur.
“What?”
“Thinking you’re better than everyone else.”
“I never said that,” I retorted.
I pretended not to notice how Becky was kissing his neck, rubbing against his leg.
“Taylor thinks so too,” he added with a shit-eating grin. He seemed totally unfazed by the attention.
“You and Taylor are talking too. Wow, when’s the wedding?”
“Jamie? You said you ended it!” yelled Sammy.
He got up without worrying about dropping Becky.
“I gotta say, White, you make me laugh.”
I watched him dig around for something in his jacket pockets.
He came closer, and I was immediately assaulted by his cologne. I pursed my lips, and the corner of his lips curved upward slyly. I would’ve preferred to have stayed six feet away from him, but that wasn’t in the cards. He bumped into me. His face, his wonderful scent.
“I think you’re an idiot, James Hunter.”
He lowered his head to put his forehead against mine. His gaze plunged into me. I was out of breath.
“Say that again. Go on,” he murmured.
I felt his breath tickle my lips as my morbid curiosity compelled me to admire his full, swollen lips.
“Um.”
“No little bitch has ever insulted me.”
He looked deeper into my eyes. I quivered.
“There’s a first time for everything,” I retorted, swallowing loudly. I expected him to hurl insults at me but he didn’t. James glared at me for the umpteenth time and then turned around.
“You’re only gonna bring fucking trouble.”
