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“You don’t like my dress?” I ask innocently.
“You always stole his shit,” he grumbles, sounding all kinds of pissed off. His heated gaze flicks to my legs again and I start to second guess my outfit choice.
“You should have seen me earlier,” I reply without thinking. Why did I say that? Zie doesn’t need to know that it was his old hoodie I wore as my comfort blanket to go and have dinner with another guy.
“Oh?” He quickly swipes a look at my face, a question of curiosity in his bright blue eyes, but it’s gone again before he can even blink and return his attention to the road.
“Are we going far?” I ask, settling back into my seat and finally doing my seatbelt up as I see the car’s digital speedometer casually creeping into triple figures. I bite my tongue to keep from snapping at him to slow down.
Zie grunts. Could mean anything.
“I thought Kaiden was picking me up.”
Another grunt.
I sigh and give up, switching my attention to the window. Everything is just a blur of trees interspersed with lights in the dark. It’s boring, and soon the motion of the car has me yawning.
Wordlessly, Zie reaches out and flicks on the air con, which blasts through the open vents at full force, making me shiver. Goosebumps erupt all over my flesh and I glare at him.
He’s grinding his teeth so hard I swear one’s going to break.
“I get the impression you’re about as thrilled as I am to have you playing chauffeur tonight.” I sigh, rubbing my legs to try and keep warm. At least my top half is snuggly thanks to Kaiden’s thick band sweater.
Grunt.
“Oh for fuck’s sake, McKenzie!” I cry, throwing my hands in the air as I lose all patience with him. What is his problem? It’s me that should be fucking pissed with him – and I am – not the other way round. “Pull over.”
He increases his speed.
“Fucking pull over, right now, Montgomery!” I snap.
Screaming brakes and the biting burn of the seatbelt a moment later have me regretting my decision as Zie performs an emergency stop.
“That was fucking dangerous,” I huff, scowling at him and flinging off my seatbelt. “You didn’t even check your mirrors.”
“Last time I saw you, you weren’t even old enough to drive, and the last I checked you still couldn’t, so keep your opinions to yourself,” he finally snaps back. His chest is heaving in anger but I don’t get why.
“You’ve been keeping tabs on me, Zie?” I ask quietly. He doesn’t reply, simply revs the engine, soaring my annoyance once more.
“What is your fucking damage, Montgomery?”
He glares at me but doesn’t meet my eyes. “You. We have fucking staff for this shit now. I don’t see why I have to fucking babysit your ass.”
“Maybe you pissed off the boss,” I supply helpfully with a sarcastic saccharine smile.
“Nothing is bad enough to warrant this level of punishment.”
Ouch. I refuse to show the sting of his words though and just grin all the more sweetly at him while reaching for the door handle. “No problem. Just let me go and you can explain to the boss man that you didn’t want this job. Maybe you can suggest he gives you a raise next time.”
I pull on the door release but nothing happens. Frustrated, I tug on it again and again. Nothing happens. “Have you child-locked the doors?” I hiss in disbelief.
Zie gives me an arrogant smirk. It’s so alien on his beautiful face that all I can do is stare in astonishment at him. “If you don’t want to be treated like a child, stop acting like one. Now, put your fucking seatbelt back on.”
His attention is drawn from me by his phone ringing. He hits a button on the steering wheel to connect the call through the car’s speakers.
“Yes?” He asks in a tight, strained voice.
“Is there a problem? I was expecting the package to be here by now,” Axel’s cold drawl comes through the line, immediately pissing me off even more.
