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He chuckles before holding out his hand. “Come on. I’ll drive you back to your dorm.”
I slap his hand away. “Nuh-uh, mister. I’m staying here and having fun, and then I’ll ride back with Margie’s friend.”
He shakes his head. “Nice try. I’m driving you back. If you’re good, I’ll stop and get you an ice cream cone.”
“This isn’t funny,” I seethe.
Rex always tries to make light of every situation because serious talks aren’t his thing. I can only imagine what we look like—standing to the side of the yard at a party, arguing like a drunk couple where the girlfriend found her frat boyfriend cheating.
I snatch my phone from his hand, catching him off guard, and aim the light on him. “I’m not a child or your little sister. I’m old enough to take care of myself.”
I was wrong about him being frustrated.
Now that I can see his face, every emotion shows.
He’s downright pissed.
His eyes narrow as he steps closer. “You’re drinking and dressed like that.” He bites into his lower lip while moving his gaze down my body. “Where did you even get that dress? I’ve never seen it, andtrust me, I’d remember it.”
“You don’t see me all the time.”
“Enough times to know you haven’t worn it before.”
“Rex!”
I shift over to look past him and find a blonde on the porch. She yells his name again, her hand resting against her forehead as she scans the yard for him. Rex doesn’t bother turning around to look at her; his intense eyes are closed in on me, as if we were the only people in this yard.
“Lina,” he says softly.
“Rex!” the chick yells his name again.
I snarl in aggravation.Why is she looking for him? Did he come with her?
Rex might be overprotective of me, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to keep an eye on him. Sometimes, I hate myself for it—like right now, when there’s a girl yelling his name, wanting him to go back and hang out with her.
Hang out with her. Not with me.
I push him back. “You have a party to get to, and so do I.”
He steps to the side, stopping me. “Fuck the party. You’re more important.”
“What will you do then?” I throw my arm out toward the porch. “Take me back to my dorm, come back, and then hook up with the chick on the porch who’s looking for you?”
“I don’t know,” he replies, his voice on edge. “I didn’t have a plan, considering I didn’t know you’d be here. My biggest priority at the moment is to return you to your dorm, safe—”
I cut him off, “You’re a jerk.”
It’s his turn to cut me off. “If you’d let me finish my goddamn sentence, I was going to say,unlessyou want me to stay and hang out with you.”
“I don’t want you to pity hang out with me.” My voice is strained.
He looks at the sky. “Fuck!” His attention flickers back to me. “I don’t know how much you’ve had to drink, but what the hell? Why are you acting like this?”
“Like what exactly?” I give him a death stare.
“Like a totally different Carolina.”
“Maybe this isme.The new Carolina.” I step to the other side of him, so he’s no longer blocking me, and I walk past him, pushing the phone back into my purse without bothering to turn the flashlight off. “This Carolina is going to drink some more and maybe find a guy to look for her from the porch.”
