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“Did they now?” He bites into his burger again and grabs a napkin when some ketchup drips on his chin.
“Yeah, as long as they didn’t marry them. They loved the thrill. They wouldn’t risk their inheritance though.”
“Of course not,” he nods.
My hand twitches as I try to stop myself from grabbing my pack of cigarettes. He notices, his eyes darting to the pack on the dashboard.
“You’re addicted,” he tells me earnestly. “That’s not very nice.”
I shrug, but he can’t carry on since his phone is cutting us off. “It’s Billie,” he tells me after reading the screen. “Still not feeling like partying?”
I shake my head. “Just drop me anywhere. I can walk to my car.”
“You haven’t finished your fries.”
“All this kindness could be mistaken for flirting, you know?”
His eyes stay on mine, and his lips tip up. “Would that be so bad?”
Outside, the night is calm and cold. In the car, the air is buzzing with excitement and the temperature is rising. His phone rings again, taking us away from our odd moment. My breathing is uneven and I roll down the window, attempting to breathe in some fresh air.
He doesn’t pick up his phone, but he does start the car. “I’ll drop you by your car,” he tells me, his voice a little more serious than it was a second ago. “I wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to you.”
His words sound like the behavior he has been portraying until now. Sweet, casual, kind. His tone? It makes it seem like something bad will, undeniably, happen to me.
11
ROSE
Devil Devil– MILCK
Lik and I sit together in our American History class without fault for the following two weeks. We’re becoming friends, I guess. His behavior is ambiguous. Flirtatious, yet setting boundaries whenever he can. He reminds me of…me. Except I give myself to people way more easily. Rachel finally replied to me, only to say she couldn’t see me this week, but she would try another time. She is planning her engagement party. How fucking wonderful for her.
I can’t help but feel Conor must have insisted on having it now that I’m back. Some kind of point he’s making as if it changes anything to me.
Looking at my phone, I make sure to reply exactly with what she wants to hear.
Rose:Do you enjoy refusing me, Sunshine? Don’t you need someone to make you come?
“That your girl?” Lik whispers next to me.
I put my phone on the table in front of me and glare at him. “Rude,” I tell him. “Mind your own business.”
My phone vibrates and he looks down, a smile appearing on his beautiful face. “Seems like she does want you to make her come.”
I glance down, the message from Rachel leaving nothing to the imagination. And yet, she tells me again that she still can’t see me this week.
Jealousy flares up in me, making my blood boil and giving me very clear ideas about how to get rid of Conor.
“Someone’s got feelings,” he tells me.
“Yeah,” I huff. “And they’re meant to be reciprocated.”
“You kind of left for two years. The girl is allowed to move on.”
No, she’s not. And he sees my answer in my eyes because he laughs. “Possessive much?”
“It’s different, okay?” I explain. “Rachel and I have always been on and off, but we know we always come back to each other. We’re special. Once in a lifetime kind of thing. I’m not gonna let her try and move on. She won’t be happy with that guy. I just need to show it to her.”
