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Yeah, buckle up, Queenie. I’m just getting started.
Rage and anger and something foreign I wasn’t used to coursed through my veins.
Maybe disappointment.
Hurt.
I wasn’t sure, because the only way I knew how to respond was to hit back.
She’d wounded me, and I wasn’t going down without fighting back.
Professor Douchebag looked at her like he wanted to swoop in and save her, and that only infuriated me more.
That wasn’t his fucking job.
“Dereck.” Ruby’s voice cut through the anger buzzing in my ears, and a knife sliced me in the chest at the sound of her calling out to him, even while I stood here, clearly upset. “Can you go out to the bar? I’ll be there in a few minutes.”
“You sure you’re okay?” Dereck asked, and my hands fisted.
“Is she okay? Are you fucking kidding me? Why don’t you go pour yourself a nice glass of chardonnay and order a few more polo shirts on your phone, you pretentious prick.”
The professor didn’t even appear offended. He looked—disappointed, as if he couldn’t believe I would speak to him that way.
He had no idea how ugly this could get.
“Oh my god, what is wrong with you?” Ruby grabbed my forearm and turned me to face her, as her boyfriend did what she told him to do and left the kitchen.
“What’s wrong withme? What the fuck is wrong withyou? Jesus. I’m an asshole, and even I wouldn’t move on this quickly after all the time we’ve spent together.”
She sighed, her eyes showing the hurt she rarely showed. “All right, River. Give me your best. What is it you think I’ve done wrong?”
Un-fucking-believable.
She was just going to let me give it to her and act as if she was innocent here?
“Oh, you’d like that, wouldn’t you?” I leaned in close to her, my face just inches from hers. “Then you could leave Magnolia Falls feeling like the good guy and act like you had a valid reason for hating me.”
“I don’t hate you,” she said as she met my gaze.
“Yeah. We’re fine, right? You’ve got your boyfriend here, and you’re moving the fuck on. And that’s if anything you’ve ever told me was the fucking truth.”
Her chin tipped up, eyes hardening now, preparing for battle. “What wasn’t I truthful about?”
“Have you been with him this whole time? Does your boyfriend think you were here taking care of your father while you’ve been in my bed? And now you’re jumping right back into his, huh? You’ve played me the whole fucking time.” I spewed my anger, wanting to get a reaction out of her.
Needing a fucking reaction out of her.
But she was giving me nothing.
“Are you done?” she asked, as a tear ran down her cheek.
“I’m so fucking done.” I stepped back, my finger pointing in her face. “I guess you got the last laugh. But at least you warned me, didn’t you?”
“I warned you about what?” She swiped at her cheeks, and she glared at me.
“Rule number one. No catching feelings. I guess the evil queen was the only one still playing the game.” I stepped back, my gaze locked with hers. “And don’t let that sticky note go to your head. It didn’t mean shit. Have a nice life.”
“Fuck you, River,” she said, anger radiating off her hot little body.
