I wrinkled my nose. “Shit.”
He chuckled. “Don’t worry, your secret’s safe with me, if you give me your phone.”
I sighed, handing it over to him, and his fingers slid over the screen, then it went black. Handing it back to me, he said, “Text me when you get home.”
“And if I don’t?”
“You don’t really want to find out, do you?”
I rolled my eyes. “You don’t scare me.”
He leaned forward, close to my ear. “I don’t want to scare you, beautiful, but I’m not above making you beg.” I shivered, closing my eyes as his lips touched my cheek gently, then repeated, “Text me when you get home.”
I bit my lip and nodded.
“Your car’s here,” he said, and pushed opened the back door, walking us to our rideshare.
We climbed in and Everly turned to me as we drove away. “What wasthat?”
“No idea,” I whispered.
“He’s hot as fuck.”
I nodded, but couldn’t quite find my voice. I had never been affected by another human being the way Jasper affected me. I didn’t know what it meant, but shook off my interest because, really, where could it go?
The car approached Everly’s house and I heard her groan quietly.
“What?” I asked, glancing up from my phone.
“Um...” Everly hummed, and I looked up to see my dad leaning against my car.
“Shit,” I hissed.
“God, he’s so fucking hot.”
“Everly, stop,” I ordered.
“Just to be clear, you’d be pissed if I—”
“Oh my god, yes. You cannot have sex with my father. Or my brothers.”
“So, all three are definitely off the table, then.”
I groaned and Everly huffed quietly. The car pulled to a stop and my dad raised his head, meeting my eyes and holding that stare as I pushed open the door and slid out. Everly followed and we closed the distance between us and Dad.
“Violet will see you next week, Everly,” Dad said, continuing to stare me down.
“My stuff’s inside,” I said.
“I’ll send a recruit to pick it up tomorrow.”
“Dad—”
“Get in the truck, Letti.”
“What about my car?”
“Leave your keys with Everly,” Dad said. “Scrappy’ll pick it up tomorrow with your stuff.”
