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She frowned, but she didn’t press on any further. I was already annoyed, and the fact that this fucker was all over Selena when she clearly had shut down every advance he had made only annoyed me more. She hadn't said two words since we had sex. I wanted to speak to her and to clear the air. I wanted to stop being a dick to her, but…she just got under my skin.
“And what about you, Sel? How is the new job?” Why did she keep asking us questions? Give it a break, sis.
Selena’s eyes momentarily flicked to me and then moved back to my sister. “It’s going as well as it can, all things considered, with my insufferable boss.”
That slight jab my way did not go unnoticed. Did we not have mind-blowing sex just a little while ago? I couldn’t tell if she was messing with me.
“Well, maybe if you actually did your job properly, then maybe you wouldn’t have such a hard time.” The words slipped from my lips before I could even say anything. I said it with a smile, hoping we were just bantering. Perhaps she was trying to throw everybody off.
I felt the heat of her gaze before I finally met it. There was that same rage that had swam in her eyes on the hike to the gas station.
“Maybe if my boss wasn’t such an ass, I could work far more efficiently.”
Oh shit. She wasn’t playing.
“I think your boss has every right to question your qualifications for the job. So far, you have yet to prove yourself. Do you know how many applicants the firm gets a year? You are lucky that you even got an interview, let alone the job.” She glared at me, and I lowered my gaze. What was going on?
“Okay, I think dessert should be about ready,” Claire interjected.
“I would love some dessert, actually.” Amelia piped up trying to quell the wildfire that was currently taking place.
“Babe, let’s get some air.” Xander reached for her hand, and my eyes zeroed in on it, hoping that I could melt his skin with my glare.
“Are you her keeper, Xander?” I asked, “She doesn’t need you to fight her battles.”
“I won’t sit here and listen to you bash her. I don’t know what the hell got into you, but this is no way to behave toward a woman. They need to be shown respect.’
I rolled my eyes and leaned back in my seat. “And you know how to respect women? Last I checked, you had about fifty girls on rotation, not to mention you have cheated on every single one of your partners. The last person I need to be taking advice from when it comes to respecting and honoring women is the biggest whore Chicago has ever seen.”
“Daniel!” Selena cried.
“Come on, man!”
Everyone around the table piped up. Even Nathaniel, who hardly ever said much to me, looked annoyed at me.
“Leave Xander out of this, you asshole” Selena’s insult bounced off of my hardened shell. “This entire trip, you have been nothing but an ass, but even before that, you were nothing but a bully toward me.”
“A bully?” I scoffed.
“Yes. A bully.”
The rest of the table had gone dead silent. No one dared to move an inch; they all just watched her and me. My breathing hitched ever so slightly when I saw shine in her eyes.
This was new for her.
Selena and I had always been heated. But the fire between us was now a blazing inferno. We were boiling over, and I didn’t know what it would take for it all to simmer.
“I know you think just because you grew up in a gated fucking community that you are better than everyone else, but, news flash, you are not. I don’t get what your issue is with me. I have been professional and respectful since I started working at your firm.”
“Okay, that’s enough, man, I think you need just to calm down a little,” the little twat, Xander, piped up. He looked my way and said, “You are upsetting Selena.”
“You stay out of it,” I snapped, “This has nothing to do with you.”
“It has everything to do with me if you are insulting Sel.” He puffed up his chest like some peacock and stared me down. “Come on, Sel. You don’t need to sit here while this asshole makes you feel like crap, let’s go.”
Selena didn’t take his hand. She just sat there staring at me.
Why did I still feel this typhoon of emotions? This constant back and forth with her and I had been there since the moment we met.
