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But then, I catch Hollis looking up at me, like a fucking crook who got away with stealing what wasn’t hers. Her eyes are dark in the light, her dark, red lips are curled up deviously as she watches me fawn over the way they’re dancing. Almost like she knows exactly what she’s doing; like she expected me to play the part of an audience while she performed her sexiest act. Wanting me to beg for more.
God, she’s good. She must be playing me. For what reason? I don’t know, but I eat it up because this is the only time she’s done something other than push me away. She’s sending me the Bat signal, luring me in. She must like to play with fire, this one. Or maybe she’s drunk and has no idea that it’s me that she’s teasing. But then she leans down and whispers in Jaelyn’s ear and on cue, the girl leans in and fucking kisses Hollis.
I’m about to lose my shit. What the hell kind of game is this?
Girl friends don’t dothat, do they?
Unless I’m reading this wrong and maybe she’s moved on…with her other best friend. My head is fucking spiraling. I don’t know what the fuck to think or how to feel. I feel territorial, jealous, and greedy. I want to stomp over to that fucking dance floor and yank her away from the attention she’s getting. The only attention she needs is mine.My Holli.
But after a twelve second make out session—which seems to be two hours long in slow motion—they break their kiss and both of them look over to me, giggling like fucking schoolgirls.
Now I’m pissed. I storm over. Both of them having turned their attention another way before they realize that I am marching my way in their direction.
They probably didn’t expect me to make the next move. But if she wants to play this fucking game, I’ve got another one she’ll enjoy even more.
The next song changes right as I approach the side of Hollis, and Jaelynn notices me first as I yank Hollis by her wrist.
“What the fuck?” she yells, but almost sarcastically. Like her plan had worked and she really did expect me to march over here and steal her away.
Jae just chuckles before pulling in another girl to take Hollis’ place.
I pull Hollis behind me as we weave through the crowd.
“Where are you taking me?” she demands, but not with enough will or purpose to convince me that she doesn’t want this.
Everything is at a standstill, the crowd blurs and blends together, and the music fades as I take Hollis toward the bathroom that we had found ourselves in the first time I saw her after coming back home.
To my luck, it’s empty. So, I pull her inside with me and lock the door. I twirl her by the wrist—maybe a little too hard—and her breath hitches as her back hits the door. She slumps in a way that says,someone’s cranky, need a bottle?And I try with every ounce of control that I have left to not grab her by the throat and wipe that smug look off her face with my mouth.
Her smile is still curled wickedly on her face and her eyes are stoic and sultry.
“What the fuck was that?” I step back from her, running my fingers through my hair and taking a deep breath as I give her my back. Touching her would be a sin, a mistake. Because even just grabbing her by the wrist has proven to me that I will lose my cool if I don’t take a step back.
“What are you talking about?” Her tone is sarcastic and shy but laced with so much fucking danger and challenge.
“Hollis, are you drunk?” I face her, and her eyes are on the ground. She crosses her hands behind her back and has one ankle over the other.
“No. I’ve only had one drink.” She holds up her index finger but still doesn’t look at me, almost as if she realizes that she fucked up.
But she can’t back out now. Not after the shit she just pulled.
The air in this bathroom feels limited. The space feels tight.I can’t fucking breathe. And the way those leather pants sit on her legs like a second skin is seriously testing my patience as a man.
A man who has been lonely for far too long. A man who has wanted this woman so fucking badly, it hurts.
“Why? Why’d you play out that little script for me? Was all that some kind of joke?” There are too many questions. Too many thoughts. I don’t know what to say or ask. The only thought that I can focus on is the one where this girl is driving me crazy. Fucking insane.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Jax.” Now she sounds like she really would like to backout, to rewind and take it all back. She sounds unsure of herself, whereas before her demeanor and her actions were oozing with confidence and awareness.
“Hollis, I came here hoping to get a chance to talk to you. I’m serious about what I want from you. But you can’t tell a man to fuck off and not speak to him, for the second time might I add, just to flirt with those beautiful ass eyes of yours and play out this poor attempt at a tease?” I’m so frustrated, and yes,in that way. But I’m also annoyed that she would think that playing with someone’s emotions like this is okay. Especially if after all this time she’s made me believe like I did the same to her.
“Jax, get over it. I was just having some fun,” she says nonchalantly, and I swear my vision blurs. How can she say all those things she said to me, telling me that I hurt her, and it was too hard for her to be near me and then push me away entirely, just to turn around andhave some fun?
“Wow. Here I thought we were adults, but I can tell I’ve mistaken. Remind me. Did you turn fourteen or twenty-six today, Hollis?” My tone bites a little colder than I planned but I am too fucking pissed off to care right now.
I’ve spent years wondering why I couldn’t get a hold of her, just to find out she blocked me from her life for a reason she doesn’t care to disclose. Then forces me to leave her alone for two months causing me to binge drink and be a complete asshole to everyone around me. I’m not going to shy away my anger from her. I’m done playing nice.
“Is fourteen the only number you can come up with?” She brings her hands back in front of her and uncrosses her ankles. “I mean, that is when you saw me last. And you were always good at treating me like a child. Might as well act like one.” She leans up off the door and crosses her arms across her chest, a purposeful taunt in her eyes swirling with the sexy flecks of gold in them.
