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“Don’t lie,” she warned. “How did you get his jacket?”
“He gave it to me,” I whispered as a slight tremor racked through my body.
She arched a finely tweezed brow. “Johnny just gave you his jacket?”
I nodded and swallowed deeply.
“When?” she demanded.
“Yesterday.”
Her eyes narrowed. “Why?”
“It was raining.”
“So? It’s Ireland.” She placed a hand on her hip and glared down at me. “It’s always raining.”
I shifted uncomfortably. “He was just being nice.”
“Johnny isn’t nice and especially not to random strangers,” she spat out.
Shrugging, I moved to slip past her but she held out a hand, blocking my path.
I shrunk away.
“Wait,” she commanded, gaze flickering from the jacket in her hand to my face. “I’m not done talking to you.”
If she hits you, then hit her back, Shannon, I mentally chanted my brother’s advice in my head over and over. You are nobody’s punching bag. Don’t let anyone push you around.
“A little bird told me that you’ve been spinning around in his car with him.”
It didn’t sound like a question, so I didn’t answer. I had enough altercations with girls just like Bella under my belt to know that whatever I said could and would be used against me. It was safer to remain silent.
“Do you know who I am?” she finally asked.
I nodded.
“Do you know who he is?”
I nodded.
“Now, do you know what you are?”
I shrugged.
“A nobody,” Bella said softly. “You are nothing, little girl. Not to him. Not to me.” She stepped closer and I had to force myself not to flinch. “So whatever game you’re playing, you need to back the fuck up because—” She paused to brush a hair off my shoulder, smiling sweetly down at me. “Whatever little drama you were having in that bathroom cubicle will pale in comparison to the hell I will rain down on you if you even think about going after him.”
“I don’t want him,” I choked out, feeling close to fainting.
And he doesn’t want me.
Bella threw her head back and laughed.
“Everyone wants him,” she finally replied, still laughing humorlessly. “And here’s a heads-up: you are nothing special. Johnny’s only being nice to you because you were a stupid little bitch who got herself tangled up in one of their training sessions and caused him a ton of hassle.”
My heart sank.
“You thought I didn’t know about your little display on the pitch that day?” She arched a brow. “I know everything that happens around here.”
