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Or that asshole who had been taking her out dancing. But considering I knew how “accurate” the picture with me was and what they didn’t show, it gave me doubts about the rest.
“I don’t see her sleeping with her mother’s lover,” Ramsey said without any prompting. "I also don’t seewhyany of it was newsworthy.”
“Aww, you embarrassed?” Ramsey didn’t date much. Or when he did, he kept them far away from the rest of us. To be honest, I couldn’t think of his last girlfriend.
“No,” he lied, then shook his head as he filled his mug. “I just wish that something private could be kept private.”
That seemed unlikely.
“And it doesn’t bother you?” Ramsey challenged.
Scratching my jaw and grimacing at the stubble, I shrugged. There had been a lot of press that night in Los Angeles. Somehow, the wrecked car stayed out of it, and for that, I was glad. I hadn’t liked how terrified she’d been.
“Not a fan.” I could admit that much. The idea of staking my claim publicly? I could get behind that. “But, I like it even less that a couple of those pictures came from here on campus.”
Putting his coffee cup down, Ramsey picked up his phone. I took a long pull of water as he studied the images. “No one was around when she and I took that walk…”
“What were you walking? Your tongue?”
“Don’t be an ass,” Ramsey muttered. “I was just trying to tell her to stay away from RJ.”
Oh, he had my attention. “That prick was there?” I’d already knocked the shit out of him once. I was starting to think I needed to just bury him. “Speaking of which, why the fuck is he back on campus? He’s not going to the college.” I’d checked.
“Mentor program.”
I stared at him, but he didn’t crack a smile or a joke. Scoffing, I shook my head. No way. “For fucking real?”
Ramsey sighed. “Unfortunately. His parents and the dean are close, he needs more counseling and service experience, so he’s back on campus to mentor younger students.”
That just made my blood run cold. “They aren’t giving him any girls, right?”
“Far as I know,” Ramsey said with a sigh. “I haven’t been able to find out much other than he is a mentor and he’s specifically working with one of the political clubs. But he is trying to get KC to go out with him.”
“He has a death wish.” One I was more than happy to grant.
“You can’t kill him.”
“No, I can kill him. I just have to be prepared for the consequences.” Currently, I was on the side of worth it, if it meant he never so much as glanced at Ace again. “I will not let what happened to Kelly happen to her.”
I couldn’t survive it. Kelly…
“Don’t,” Ramsey said firmly. “Don’t go there. We’re not going to let any of it happen. This is one good thing about her being Jonas’ roommate.”
Yeah, he hated RJ too. Course, currently he also hated me—us. “Jonas isn’t talking to you, is he?”
Yeah, I didn’t expect him to answer that. As it was, Jonas had gone cold as soon as the news broke. Long fucking flights back from Tahoe.
“Go stalk her running,” Ramsey said. “That’s where you’re heading, right?”
“Maybe.” But since he didn’t want to answer my questions, I headed out to lay my eyes on the beautiful blue-haired menace that preoccupied my waking hours. Even when I should be focused on tryouts for a college team or looking to go semi-pro, I was here…chasing a girl.
The next couple of weeks were interesting. I’d never been the subject of that kind of gossip before. Mom always kept us out of all of it. She blended into the background when they came to see Gibs, and otherwise, she didn’t want us spoiled by the spotlight and the ten seconds of notoriety and fame.
Look at KC. The girl had a reputation…
She did. But I had to wonder how much of that was real and how much of it was bullshit.
More than a few students threw me some side-eye. One of the jerks made some crack about fucking my sister and I didn’t have to lift a finger, Jonas came out of nowhere and popped him.
