“You’re running after her now,” teased Marvin, making Jackson burst out laughing.
I glared at both of them then left the classroom. It only took me two strides to catch up with her in the hall. I grabbed her arm and took the liberty of slamming her against the first wall that I found myself in front of.
“James!”
I heard her moan while I leaned all my body weight on top of her, with both hands planted on the locker behind us.
“Are you out of your mind? Everyone is looking at us!” she exclaimed, now trapped between my arms.
I saw her pupils dilate to the extreme.
“Then let them look.” I gasped, out of breath.
She tore her gaze from mine, preventing me from gazing into her clear eyes.
“Tell me loud and clear what you want from me,” she murmured, with her chin lowered.
“What should I want? You were with Will, I don’t want shit from you.”
“And that’s all so medieval,” she hissed loudly, challenging me again. But this time her blue irises shifted onto me. Finally.
“What the fuck are you saying?”
I saw her gasp.
I was all over her, so I pulled back, letting her breathe.
“It’s not that I’m not interested. I’m just curious: Do I have a scarlet letter just because I was with him?”
“But you were.”
“Enough, we didn’t even—”
She realized what she was about to say too late. She massaged her neck, embarrassed, while I smiled smugly.
“What?” I chuckled, making her even angrier.
“You know what.”
She tried to escape, but I obstinately stopped her again, positioning myself in front of her.
“It doesn’t change much. Exes don’t touch each other.”
“The other day in my room, you did nothing but touch me.” She lifted her chin and shot me a look.
Fuck, she was provoking me.
“It was nothing, and I would’ve stopped.” I rushed to explain.
“Yeah, yeah, sure, you looked like two people who didn’t want to do anything,” she hissed, barely retreating.
“We looked like that.” I quickly corrected her.
The faint color tinting her cheeks suddenly intensified. The hallway was completely empty; the bell had rung a few minutes ago, but I wasn’t going to let her go back to class. I grabbed her wrist and brought it close to my chest.
“Are you saying that just because I did it like that?”
She was breathless when I placed my warm palm on her right thigh. I felt my rings sink into her soft flesh.
