“And you’re defending her, too, Will. She’s a fucking pain in the ass. Do you want to ignore that just because she has great tits?”
Will tried to grab my arm but I slipped out of his hands. I hurled myself at Hunter. He was barely standing up with his shoulders pushed up against the wall. No amount of fear could dissuade him. In fact, he insisted on provoking me.
“I said you have great tits, but you’re a fucking pain in the ass. You heard that, right?”
My vision went blurry. I threw a punch at his nose so hard that my knuckles cracked like they’d just shattered into a million pieces.
“How about that, Hunter? You heard that, didn’t you?”
13
June
“Fuck!”
His rabid bitching and moaning didn’t faze me in the least. James held his nose with the palm of his hand. I don’t know what happened next because I turned around and walked the other way.
“June, what are you doing? Are you crazy?” William exclaimed incredulously. “And you, James, you’re unbelievable!”
“She just punched me! Are you fucking blind, Will? In fact, you’re probably pissed since you’re running after a lunatic!”
They exchanged a few more words, but the only thing I could hear was James’s voice, albeit distant.
I didn’t know where I was going, but I wanted to get as far away from that creature as possible.
“Let me take you home, June.” William jogged behind me as James limped behind him. “June, I’m serious. You might not know this, but there are a lot of sketchy people here.” We locked eyes, and that was enough to slowly cool the rage inside me.
I loosened my fists at my sides and, looking around, caught a glimpse of faces that were anything but friendly.
“Okay,” I conceded.
I was crestfallen. What a terrible way to end our date. I kept my mouth shut as I hid in the back seat of the Mustang.
“I’m driving,” that criminal declared, without even bothering to thank his friend.
“Are you sure?”
“It’s my fucking car, isn’t it?”
“Your dad’s not gonna kill you if you get home in this state?”
“I don’t give a shit about what my dad says to me.” His tone was so cutting that it gave me goose bumps.
“Wow, you’re such a rebellious bad boy.”
I bit my tongue as Hunter turned to glower at me from the driver’s seat.
I looked at his split-open lip and eyebrow that was still bleeding. I should’ve told him he didn’t scare anyone.
I looked away.
“Shut your mouth, White, or I’ll drop you off in the middle of nowhere. Not even the wild animals will be able to put up with you,” he said as he turned on the ignition.
“Yeah, right.”
“Do you want to find out?” he threatened.
“James is joking. June, where do you live?” William said in an attempt to diffuse the tension. I heard James groan in frustration after I gave them my address.
