A Dose of Pretty Poison (Pretty Poison Trilogy #1)

by Kelsey Clayton

“You want to tell me what that was about?” she asks. I refuse to look at her. “It’s hockey. Fighting happens all the time.” The only way I’m making it out of this room without doing something else I’ll inevitably regret later is by acting like it wasn’t about her, even though we both know that’s not the case. Call it plausible deniability. “And the jersey?” I scoff. “You can’t wear the opposing team’s jersey at one of our games. Don’t let it go to your head.” She huffs out a laugh, not believing a word coming out of my mouth. “And what about this?” Finally turning around, I see her holding up the same small piece of paper from earlier, with his phone number scrawled across it. “You mean to tell me it had nothing to do with this?” I drop my head as I chuckle, knowing there’s not a damn thing I can do now. The moral compass she told me to shove up my ass goes right out the window, and not a single ounce of self-control is anywhere to be found. There’s no stopping me anymore. “You really think he’s what you want?” I question, my voice low as I walk slowly toward her. “You think he can make you feel the way I did? Make your whole body shake when you cum?” Her throat bobs as she swallows, but she doesn’t dare say a word. All she can do is stare back at me as I reach her. Slipping the lighter out of my pocket, I don’t look away from her for a second as I light the paper on fire. As the heat reaches her fingers, she lets it go and watches it fall to the floor—turning to ash as it...