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“Toby,” I replied. “And…well, I’ve been hanging out with Stone Lexington, Fox Harrington, and Saxton Voss lately.”
Her green eyes widened at that information. After a bit, she said, “Wow. That’s quite a cast of characters.”
I didn’t blame her for being impressed. I wasn’t blind to who we were, what we were capable of, who are families were, and how much money we all were worth. Separately, we’d be hard to tangle with, but if you put us together, no one would be stupid enough to go against us.
Well, except for August Remington.
“At any rate, you have your friends and I have mine,” she went on to say. “If you’re allowed to hang out with your friends, then I should be afforded the same courtesy.”
“What in the fuck are you talking about, Sutton?” I practically roared. “I don’t mind if you’re hanging out with your friends. My issue is that you turned off your phone. I had no idea where you were or who you were with.” I ran a hand through my hair, confused. Something was going on here because there was no way Sutton was this obtuse.
However, before I could say anything, I heard a voice calling for me. Turning around, I saw Jennifer making her way towards me and Sutton. Talk about motherfucking bad timing, all I needed was for Banks to call right now.
“Ross, can I talk to you a minute?” Jennifer asked, barely sparing Sutton a glance.
“No,” I answered. “I’m in the middle of something.”
“It’s important,” she insisted.
“Not as important as what I’m doing,” I argued.
Then she went and made shit worse. “Well, you haven’t been answering my texts or phone calls, and I need to talk to you?”
I turned from Sutton to give Jennifer my full attention. “About what?” I practically yelled, not sure who the fuck I was mad at anymore. “What’s so goddamn important, Jennifer?”
She glanced at Sutton really quickly before looking back at me. “Do you really want to discuss it here? In front of mixed company?”
“Are you fucking kidding me?” She knew we couldn’t discuss the organization in front of Sutton, and her wording it that way made his entire exchange seem like something that it wasn’t.
“I just want to talk-”
“And I already told you that I’m fucking busy,” I repeated.
Jennifer started fiddling with the diamond pendant that I had initiated her with, and if I could kill a female, I would have killed Jennifer Polk in this moment.
“This necklace means something, Ross,” she pouted, and I felt like I was about to lose my mind.
“Okay, I’ve seen enough,” Sutton scoffed. “Go handle your girlfriend, Ross. I have to get to class.”
I whirled around, my anger barely contained. “She’s not my girlfriend,” I bit out. “You are.”
The look she shot me would have leveled a lesser man. “I’m not the one wearing a diamond necklace that’s worth thousands, so I think you’re mistaken.”
Before I could correct her, we were interrupted. “Is everything okay here?”
We all turned, and though I didn’t know his name, I knew he was a professor here. I’d seen him plenty of times around campus.
“Actually, I’d like to get to class, Mr. Custodia,” Sutton answered. “And their drama is kind of holding me up.”
I looked down at her. “Don’t do this, Sutton.”
“Mr. Carmichael, I think-”
“I don’t give a fuck what you think,” I said as I turned to him. I also wasn’t surprised that he knew who I was.
To his credit, he didn’t intimidate easily. “I will call campus security if you do not allow Ms. Hadley to get to class,” he replied. “I don’t care who you are.”
“Thanks, Mr. Custodia,” Sutton told him, and I had no choice but to watch him escort Sutton to her class. Between my parents, Banks, and The Order, I couldn’t afford to have the cops called on me.
