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Shelby put her hands on her hips and thrust her lower lip out in a caricature of pouting. “Come on, Jack.”
This was getting tiresome.
I took my eyes off of Ava and looked her straight in the eye. “Look, Shelby, I don’t want to make a scene here, but if you don’t leave, I have no problem humiliating you in front of everybody in this room.” Shelby blanched at my threat. “We. Are. Done.”
Ava seemed to finally notice that Shelby had been standing in front of me for a while and shot me a puzzled look. I gave her a half smile to put her at ease. Shelby noticed immediately and whipped her head around to see who I was smiling at. Fortunately, Hannah had pulled Ava into another drunken hug, so Shelby didn’t know who I had been looking at.
“Who the fuck are you smiling at, Jack?” Shelby demanded.
Okay, enough of her shit.
“Shelby, this is absolutely your last warning. We are not dating; we were never dating. I’m done fucking you. If you do not get out of my fucking sight, I am going to make you regret ever having looked in my direction. Do you understand?”
Shelby’s cheeks turned red in frustrated anger. I could tell she was biting her tongue in an effort not to continue with her interrogation. She turned her head around again to survey who I could have possibly been smiling at, but again, Ava was dancing with her eyes closed and not paying attention.
Thank God. I had no problem dealing with Shelby, but I wasn’t in any mood for it.
“Fine. You’re going to miss me, Jack,” Shelby gritted between clenched teeth. Her expression tight with anger and embarrassment.
“I doubt it.”
Shelby stomped her foot and fisted her hands at her side but said nothing. Casey showed up and handed her a beer.
Shelby turned venomous eyes on Casey. “What the fuck is wrong with you? I hate beer. Go get me something else.”
Casey and Addison exchanged looks of aggravation, but remained silent. This was their group dynamic. Shelby was their alpha wolf and the other two fell into line, but it looked like they were getting sick of Shelby’s bullshit. Unhappily, they turned around and went back into the kitchen with a furious-looking Shelby following them. Addison looked back at me and rolled her eyes, though I couldn’t tell if it was out of commiseration or flirtation. It looked like Shelby’s crew was about to break ranks.
Nikolai tipped his head back and laughed.
“What the fuck are you laughing at?” I grumbled.
“I told you that chick was bad news, but you didn’t listen.”
“Yeah, yeah, I know.”
“You got lazy because she was an easy lay.”
“Well, it’s over now,” I said as I resumed staring at Ava. She and Hannah had to be exhausted, they’d been dancing for over an hour. Another guy from school, Mitch Abrams, walked past me to stand next to Ava, blocking my view of her. I swung my leg out to kick his ankle but stopped myself.
What was I doing? I wasn’t planning to date Ava, so why was I keeping other guys away from her?
I slowly leaned back.
“Jesus, is it me, or is every guy here trying to fuck Hannah?” Nik was scowling furiously next to me, staring down another guy who started to dance too close to Hannah. I was trying to keep my attention off Ava and Abrams, who had just shot Ava a goofy as fuck smile, so I eagerly shifted my attention to Nikolai.
“It’s both of them,” I said, nodding in Ava and Hannah’s direction. “They’re new and these horny assholes want first crack at fresh meat.”
“Fuck that. Hannah is my girlfriend. Those dickheads had better fucking figure it out.” Nik started to crack his knuckles again.
I smirked. “This is some fake relationship.”
Nik pinned me with a glare. “Fuck you.”
I smirked again, but it faded quickly as I watched Abrams slide his hand around Ava’s waist and pull her toward him.
I wanted to not give a shit, and let Abrams make his move, but I fucking hated the look of his hand on her body. I rubbed the back of my neck and gave a fleeting thought to grabbing the first available girl and running upstairs with her. I could fuck her, and forget about these uncomfortable impulses I was having, but that would leave her down here with Abrams and his wandering fucking hand.
My original intention was to sit on the couch and let Ava do whatever she wanted. If guys wanted to talk to her, so be it. She sure as shit wasn’t my girlfriend. I didn’t even want a girlfriend.
