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Captain Douchebag wasn’t going anywhere.

Fine, he’d have to talk to me to call me names.

“One hour,” I said, then stalked out without slamming any doors. No matter how frustrated I was, I had to demonstrate acceptable behavior and the Blue Ivy Way.

Kicking down her door and checking on her personally didn’t qualify for that. Neither did dragging her down to my suite while tossing Lachlan up here or out.

Fuck, this was insane.

Fourteen

KC

After all the chaos, Dix made sure I had everything I needed. He also arranged for a new television to be delivered for Aubrey. When he offered another coffee maker, she turned it down and said she’d hit me up for espresso, ‘cause fuck Payton.

I suggested we get “specialty” chocolates made just for the handsy bitch, but Aubrey nixed the ideafor now. The emphasis on those last two words had made me laugh. Especially when she added, “I reserve the right to change my mind.”

Honestly, as much as Hot Shot and hisbrotherspissed me off so much, I’d room with fucking Lachlan before I shared a suite with Payton Webber. I didn’t hate many people. That cunt just radiated backstabbing bitch energy.

It was late by the time we got everything transferred over. Aubrey and I divided our time guarding things left behind, specifically so Payton couldn’t get anywhere near them. Thankfully, Jonas seemed to get that, and while we dealt with the room across the hall, he kept her out of his suite.

At some point, Captain Douchebag, thank you to Dix for that name, made himself absent. When I carried in a suitcase to find Jonas alone, I blew out a sigh of relief. He looked up from the notepad he was writing in. I just shook my head at the question in his eyes as I got the last of the things in.

By the time I’d unpacked, put things away, and made up my bed, it was time to send Dix away. We locked up both bedrooms then went out to dinner with him as a thank-you. It was almost ten when he dropped us off.

“Thanks, Dix,” she told him. “You were a lifesaver today.”

He lifted his chin.

Aubrey gave me a hug and said, “I’ll see you tomorrow,” before she headed upstairs without me. It wasn’t until that moment that it hit me. Last year had been bearable at times because she was right there. My roommate. My best friend. One of the sisters of my heart.

Now?

I was going to be living with a boy. Making a face, I turned to find Dix watching me with concern. The worry flooding his eyes had me lifting my own chin as I shrugged. “It’s going to be fine.” Even after trying to baby my voice, it still came out gravelly.

“Who are you trying to convince? Me or you?”

“Not sure,” I admitted, folding my arms. The front of the new dorm had a great view of the burnt-out husk of the old one. The smell of smoke lingered in the air. There were still floodlights up for the investigators. We’d seen the fire department out there several times during the day, clearing out more detritus. “Is it working?”

“You don’t want me to answer that,” Dix cautioned, then he leaned back against the car. “I’m sticking closer for the next couple of weeks.”

Before I could protest, he held up a hand.

“Hear me out?” The careful phrasing made me swallow my objections.

“Yes.”

“Thank you.” He nodded to the building. “You have friends here, but you also have enemies.”

Payton definitely qualified for the latter.

“Before that…” His expression darkened as he jerked his thumb at the destroyed dorm. “You had Aubrey at your back. Now you have this…punk ass kid.”

“Jonas…” Then raised my hands when Dix pinned me with a look. He wasn’t done.

“Now, you’re separated, granted by a hallway, but it’s still separation. You’re never going to treat her room as a safe space because of the Queen of the Junior Cunt Society in there.”

A laugh escaped me, and I clapped a hand over my mouth as Dix grinned. There was something that edged right on vicious in his smile. Although to be fair, I heard zero lies in what he said.

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