“Would you two get a room?”
I groan at hearing his voice. I guess it means we’re really selling this if Duncan is complaining about us. Not that I care what he thinks. He’s a dick, but I don’t want him to see Piper like this.
Only me. Only I get to see her blissed out just from kissing.
“Grow up, Duncan,” Piper tells him, sliding out of my arms.
“What, jealous you can’t get a girl?” I put Piper behind me.
How much longer are we going to have to deal with this douche in our lives?
“Fuck that. I can get someone a lot better than Piper.”
“Why did I ever find you attractive?” Piper groans behind me, resting her head against my back.
“Grow a fucking pair, Duncan. Maybe if you treated women better, you could get a woman like Piper. Thank God she realized she was better than you.” I sneer at him.
I want to lay him out for how he treated—still treats—Piper. She doesn’t deserve it. But after hearing Coach’s earlier words to me, I don’t want to do anything to disappoint him.
“It’s okay, Cash.” Piper squeezes my bicep. “Duncan’s opinion doesn’t matter.”
“Whatever you need to tell yourself to feel better.”
“C’mon, Piper.” I grab her hand and start to walk down the tunnel. “We don’t need to stay here a minute longer.”
“Piper.” Duncan grabs her by the arm as we walk by.
“Get your fucking hands off her.”
Even Duncan touching Piper has me seeing red and ready to lose my mind.
“Cash. Don’t.”
“You should listen to her.”
Duncan is staring me straight in the eye. His green eyes look like burned moss. Probably because the man is void of any emotion.
“Duncan—” I’m seething. If I could punch him and get away with it right now, I would.
“He’s not going to treat you right.” He ignores me, addressing Piper.
“What, and you did?” she fires back.
That’s my spitfire of a Princess. She doesn’t need a Prince Charming to rescue her. She can fight her own battles.
Not that I’ll ever let her do battle on her own. Not against Duncan. She doesn’t have to.
“Better than he ever will.”
“Duncan, you don’t get a say in this.”
“You realize why he’ll never settle down, right?”
“Oh yeah? Why’s that?” Piper crosses her arms, leveling him with a stare that has him taking a step back.
“Willy has never settled down because he doesn’t care about people. I know how many puck bunnies he has in every city we play in.”
“He’s not the one that cheated on me!” Piper snaps.
