“I guess you’re not the only one good at keeping secrets,” I tell her, watching all that color drain from her face.
“What do you mean? I tell you everything.”
“I heard you. Don’t try to deny it.”
“How much did you hear?”
“Enough to know that you were never my friend.” I don’t know what comes over me when I grab a nearby drink and throw it in her face.
“What the fuck?” she shrieks as Kelsey laughs at her.
I pick up another and toss the contents in her face as well.
“Get them out of here,” Theo tells one of his bouncers. “By the way, you’re both banned. I don’t allow ugly cunts in my club.”
I watch as Brookie and Kelsey are dragged out of the club.
My hands are shaking. I’m fueled by adrenaline.
“I’ve never done anything like that before,” I confess.
“Not going to lie. Watching you just now was sexy.”
“That felt pretty damn good.”
“Let’s get out of here. We’ve got a lot to discuss.”
“Okay.” I think I have absolutely lost my mind, but all my life I’ve always played it safe. I’ve always done the right thing. Got good grades in school. Never raised my voice at my parents. I didn’t drink until I turned twenty-one. I never smoked. Haven’t done drugs. Never had sex. Saving myself for the perfect man who would cherish me, but the truth is he doesn’t exist.
None of it matters. I did everything I was told to, and everyone in my life has used my obedience to walk all over me.
No more.
I’m done being everyone’s fool.
Of course he drives a Mercedes G Wagon. “Nice ride.”
“Glad you approve,” he murmurs before closing the passenger door.
His gaze stays on me as he rounds the front to the driver’s side. He is truly terrifyingly beautiful. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a handsome man.
Down the street I spot Brookie and Kelsey talking to Alex. The three of them should be in a throuple. They deserve each other.
“You’re not like taking me somewhere to kill me, are you?”
“No, but it’s a little late to be asking me that.” He clicks the locks and I gulp.
Mac Miller plays through his sound system. I bet the watch on his wrist costs more than my rent for a year.
I study his profile as he pulls onto the road. We’re from two different worlds. He comes from money and power. I grew uplower-middle class and haven’t climbed much further up the ladder. I’m no one special.
I’m not naïve enough to think Theo is attracted to me. I know this is all about saving his ass and keeping me as close as possible.
One million dollars is a lot of money. The amount of good I could do with it outweighs any cons.
Sure, he could be lying to me.
“I just blew up my life,” I whisper to myself.
