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She glances at the ugly, white watch on her wrist. “Oh, shit!” she gasps, jerking upright and paling visibly. “Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.”
“What’s wrong?”
She starts pulling at the car door, trying to get it open. “It’s two in the morning! I’m so…” She trails off and starts patting herself down. “Oh my god, where’s my phone?”
I find it on the car floor next to her foot. “Here.”
She checks the screen and I notice seventeen missed calls, all from “Dad.”
“He realizes you’re an adult, right?” I drawl.
“Why isn’t this stupid door opening?” She's completely flustered by the lock, which she’s trying to twist in the wrong direction.
I take my car keys and press the unlock button. She throws the door open and jumps out, right into the drizzling rain as though she’s on fire. Gritting my teeth, I find myself following her.
Maybe sheison fire. Maybe we both are. I can’t ignore the way the raindrops feel like they’re sizzling on my skin.
I don’t like knowingshedid that tome.
“Stop.”
I didn’t yell, but she freezes and twists around as if I’d bellowed at her. She stands perfectly still, doe eyes wide, seemingly oblivious to the drizzle hazing over the neighborhood. “Yes?”
“I can drive you back home.”
She frowns and glances down the road as though she’s scared someone is watching us. “No, I, uh—that’s okay.” It’s amazing how she’s transformed from a sexy, independent woman to a scared, skittish child in a matter of seconds.
“Don’t be stubborn.”
“I’m not. Listen, it’s… it’s complicated, okay? My dad worries a lot, and—”
“And you’re a grown-ass woman,” I cut her off. “Who should be standing up to him.”
“I did.”
“And you got slapped for it.”
She bristles indignantly, and I watch as those dark green eyes turn cold. “Just because I told you a couple of things about my life doesn’t mean you know me.”
“Doesn’t it?” I ask calmly. One of us needs to at least pretend to be calm. “What’s the matter? Scared you broke curfew? Scared that Daddy will ground you if he sees you with a big, scary monster like me?”
Her face flames with shock, then with anger. “I’m walking away now.”
She starts stomping off in what must be the direction of her home. I roll my eyes, but instead of chasing after her, I get in my car and shift into Drive, then accelerate slowly until I’m cruising alongside the girl at her pace.
“You’re a stubborn one,tigrionok.”
She twists toward the car and comes to a grinding stop. “Stop calling me that. You don’t know me.”
“Oh, I think I do. I see you for what you really are.”
I’ve lit the match. Now, I’m about to throw it onto the fire, and I don’t care. I don’t fucking care—just as long as I get to sit here and watch her burn.
“And what’s that?” she snaps.
I meet her icy gaze. “Trapped.”
Her eyes flare like twin torches. The only reason she’s this mad is because I’m right about her. But instead of admitting as much, she flips me off and starts stalking away again.
