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It’ll be a miracle if I don’t go back to prison tonight based on all the mother fuckers that will have their eyes on her. Come to think of it, it will be a miracle if we can make it to Sparrow’s without me crashing the fucking van.
I never imagined myself being the jealous type. I’ve never given a shit if other men have wanted any woman I’ve been with. I can guarantee that is not the fucking case with Lilah. Not at all.
The shiny metal from all the chunky rings lining her fingers shines as we pass a streetlight as she reaches across to adjust the radio.
Since our drive has only just begun, I’m surprised when she turns it all the way off. Out of the corner of my eye, I can see her turn in her seat to face me.
I quickly glance at her before pulling my eyes back to the road.
“What’s up?”
“Thank you for coming with me,” she blurts. Her tone seems off. Nervous, maybe?
“Anytime, babe. You know you can count on me.”
I chance another glance at her before slowing down for a red light. “It seems that’s a trend with us, yeah?” she laughs uncomfortably.
I knew the day would come when she’d bring up the reason I was arrested. It’s not a conversation I ever wanted to have. I just want to forget about it and go on with our lives. I don’t want to come between whatever it is that we are or could be building here.
I let out a deep sigh and crack my neck from left to right. “Seems so.”
“Why’d you do it?”
Rolling my head against the back of the chair, I meet her eyes and drop my voice to an almost whisper. “You know why, Lile.”
“I was fine. I had it handled.”
“Lilah, you were 15 goddamned years old, and you had a 20 year old piece of shit trying to slip something in your drink.”
“I didn’t drink it,” her voice quivers.
“Fuck, I know that. But what if you had?”
Shivers rack her body, and I’m forced to break eye contact as the light turns green in front of us.
“I never got to thank you for protecting me, but I hate that you had to do what you did. It took you away from me for all those years.”
“I wish I could say I’m sorry that I did it. But I’m not. I’ll never regret it. So don’t try to make me apologize.”
“The only thing I want an apology for is for not letting me come to see you.”
Trying to lighten the mood, I look over at her and smirk. “Princess, if I would’ve let you come see me, looking how you look now, I never would’ve survived that place. Not being able to touch you would have killed me.”
“You know, you never told me what you were doing at that party that night in the first place. I saw you before I ever left the clubhouse, and then the next thing I know, you’re beating the shit out of Derek.”
I wince at hearing her say his name, rubbing my palm along the back of my neck. “I followed you. Me and Flame went to school with the kid's older brother, Michael, so there were a bunch of people our age there too.”
“Hm. I noticed that.” She seems lost in thought as she taps her finger against her chin. “If you were hanging out with all your friends, how did you even see him with me?”
“Princess, my eyes have always been on you.”
After the words come out, I realize how creepy they must have sounded, so I try my best to backpedal.
“I mean, when you were a kid, I was always worried about you. Especially then, how could I let the VP’s daughter run loose at a party with a shit load of teenagersandadults and not keep an eye on her at all times?”
“And now?” she asks, ever so softly.
“Fuck, now? Now I can’t take my eyes off of you because I want to devour you every second of the fucking day. You are the most delectable creature on this fucking planet.”
