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“Name five.”
“Simply asking would suffice.”
“Uh huh. I’m sure being beautiful has nothing to do with the fact that people do what you ask.”
“Me?”
“Yeah! Where do you think I learned that from?”
“I do not flirt with people to get stuff!”
“I mean, you don’t have to… The boys would literally die for you. You’re like a goddess to them.” Her eyes go wide and I scoff a laugh.
“Stop.”
“It’s true! You’re a looker.” She puts on a twenties accent like in the old films she watches. We both giggle at this as we head back up the stairs, intending to go back to our room, before a figure steps out from the darkness next to our hallway. Olive lets out a yelp, but I can tell, by the glowing blue eyes, exactly who it is. He lets out a laugh at Olive’s reaction, but I stand my ground, waiting for him to explain his ever-irritating presence.
“Can I talk to your sister, Olive?” Adrik asks more politely than I’ve ever heard him speak.
“I don’t know. Can you?”
“Don’t be brat.”
“Oh, if you want a brat, I’ll show you—“
I pull my hand from hers, and she stops.
“I’ll be right in the room.”
“Espie—“
“Go.”
She doesn’t want to leave, eyes faltering between us.
“It’s fine.” I whisper to assure her. She relents after a moment, lumbering back to the room, but leaving the door cracked open.
We look at each other at the same time, two frames hovering in the darkening hall as the sun goes down.
“Hi.” He offers, and I raise my brows implicitly. “I’m sorry.”
“For acting so rude all the time? Or just your general dick-like qualities?”
“For both.” He quickly nods and I’m taken off guard.
“Both?”
He nods, stretching out a tattooed hand. “Bygones?”
He really has some nerve, trying to put aside a fight that he started and continues to provoke. All he wants now is my hand to shake, to affirm his outlandish truce. But that’s something that isn’t ever going to be his.
God, I sure as hell hope I’m never truly his.
I look back up into his eyes. “I’ll pass.” I intend to go straight to my room, but he catches my arm to stop me.
“Come on, Esperanza.” The smile in his voice makes everything so much more clear. All he was doing was fucking with me.
He isn’t sorry at all, just bored.
