I slid in beside her, shutting the door behind me. “Drive.”
“Yes, sir.”
As soon as we pulled away from the curb, I pressed a button, Instructing the driver to raise the privacy partition. The glass slid into place, enclosing us in the dim, silent cocoon of the backseat.
That’s when she ripped her wrist from my grip.
“Let me go!” she spat, eyes wild with fury. “I don’t want to be here with you, Kester! I don’t want to be anywhere near you!”
I tilted my head, watching her, “What’s your fucking problem, Kasmine?” My voice was low and cold. “Is this about June sucking my cock?”
She stilled but didn’t respond.
Her lashes fluttered, and her expression became suddenly unreadable. For the first time since this entire fight began, she didn’t try to lash out.
That silence? That lack of reaction?
It pissed me off more than if she had screamed in my face. Iwanted a reaction from her
“No,”
“she finally said, “It’s none of my business.”
I leaned in closer, my knee pressing against hers. “None of your business?”
She met my eyes, “That’s right. June is your fianc?e, after all.”
The word flanc?e felt like a slap to my fucking face.
“And you and I?” she continued, “We’re nothing. Nothing but a joke.”
Something in me snapped.
Before she could turn away, I grabbed her chin, tilting her face up to mine. My grip was rough, but I didn’t give a fuck.
“A joke?” I mugmured, my voice trembling with a rage I could barely contain. “Is this what this is to you?
Hot, merciless fury coiled inside me, threatening to spill over.
Her eyes those goddamn eyes that had always been my undoing-narrowed slightly.
“Yes, Kester,” she spat, and her words were like knives flung straight at my chest. “What did you think? That we’d fall in love and make babies over time?” She let out a laugh that twisted something deep within me. A laugh that mocked me, ridiculed me, as though I was the biggest fool she’d ever known.
“Kasmine…” I called in a warning tone, but it didn’t stop her.
“You’d better wake up from your pathetic fantasy, Kester. I’ll never feel the things you expect ine to feel toward you love, affection, jealousy…?” She chuckled again, the sound ripping through me, tearing apart every ounce of control I’d been clinging to, “I can never feel all that for a man like you!”
Kasmine had always held the power to destroy me, but I never thought she’d wield it with such cruelty.
And fuck, she was killing me.
I let my hand drop from her chin. My throat felt tight, my chest.
She bi killed me… With every word that left her mouth… sheKASMINE
I stirred restlessly on my bed, tangled in the sheets, still as restless as I had been three days ago after saying those hurtful things I said to Kester in his car.
Three days. Three whole days since, I had torn into Kester with words meant to rip him apart. And they had.
I knew it the moment I said them. Knew it by the way his grip had loosened on my chin, the brief flicker in his eyes before they turned ice-cold. I knew it when he let me walk away without another word or a fight.
That was the part that hurt the most.
I replayed the events and conversations in my head, and sincerely, I realized that he didn’t deserve those cruel words. I had let my anger and jealousy take over. 1
I hadn’t set my eyes on him after that evening. I hadn’t seen him at the office all day Friday. When I got home, I half-expected-no, hoped-he’d be somewhere, anywhere in the house. But he wasn’t.
And when I finally caved, when my pathetic ass swallowed my pride and walked to his door, June was standing in my way like a fortress.
He had instructed her not to let me in, pretending to be in the middle of something… Always there,
I canceled my movie plans with Claire the next day. I couldn’t stomach the idea of laughing at mindless comedies and pretending I was fine. Because I wasn’t!
I was drowning in something I didn’t have a name for.
My heart raced uncontrollably, and no matter how hard I tried, I remained constantly sad. It was almost as if a part of me was slowly dying… I hated it.
A dull vibration against the mattress pulled me from my thoughts. I reached under the bed and grabbed the phone, already knowing who it was
Jake:
I had hidden our secret phone under my bed, more securely this time.
I stared at the screen for a second before answering. There was no point in being too careful. Kester wasn’t going to barge in on me after all. Not today. I was certain
His volte was soft, dripping with concern, and for the first time, it didn’t soothe me.
It grated on my nerves. Sincerely, at the moment, I saw this care and concern as a disturbance.
But it was Jake, after all.
I swallowed the lump in my throat, forcing out the words. I’m sorry. I slept all day.” I lied.
I heard the exhale on the other end of the line before he spoke again. “I was starting to worry,” he finally said in a warm voice, as if gauging my mood before saying more. swallowed the guilt that came creeping up my throat. “I’m fine,” I murmured, sitting up and running a hand through my hair. “I just… Needed rest.”
Another lie. And maybe he knew it because he went silent for a second too long. Then, his voice brightened. “Well, that’s good. You needed the rest. You’ve been so tense lately.”
I hummed, not trusting myself to say more.
Jake took the silence as his cue to move on. “I called to remind you about our date.”
Ah. Right.
I closed my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose. If I were to choose, I wouldn’t have stepped an inch out of my bedroom. But I didn’t have the heart to disappoint Jake.
“I remember,” I said quietly. “But… can we just stick to the date? No ride. No other plans. Just dinner.”
He paused. I didn’t need to look into his pretty face to know that he’d be running his fingers through his short, black hair by now while letting out an exhale. I knew him that well.
“Yeah, of course,” he said after a beat, but the excitement in his tone had dimmed. “Whatever makes you comfortable, Kasmine. As long as you’re happy.”
I pressed my lips together, hating the way that simple sentence made something heavy settle in my chest.
Poor, Jake. Tell me why I shouldn’t fall harder for him. He was way too sweet and understanding. Always putting me first. I had taken advantage of it, giving him just enough to keep him around but never what he truly wanted.
Maybe that was why I agreed to this date in the first place. To make up for the times I let him down, even if I didn’t really want to go… Even if I knew I’d spend the whole night distracted, my thoughts tangled up in someone else.
Even if the mere thought of being in Jake’s presence right now-of faking smiles and pretending I wasn’t coming apart inside-felt exhausting… It was also a good thing Kester wasn’t speaking to me at the moment. I could slip out. Have dinner. Come back without him ever knowing
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