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“She was crying like her heart had been broken. You don’t see that anymore—kids caring about old folks like that. It was sweet. Felt terrible for her.”
This would break me
“You should be strung up by your nuts and hung out to dry.” He spits at my feet. “If you don’t find Ella and bring her back, I’ll be first in line to see it done.”
“Dude, heads up—East and I are in a piss-poor mood and we’re gonna take it out on you tonight. Might want to spread the word.” The little guy’s eyes widen in alarm.
My head is securely on my shoulders. No one talks about Ella that way.
That gets me a fist to the solar plexus.
He’s deserved a total beating since the night he tried to hurt Ella, but I got sidetracked from delivering retribution because I was too busy falling in love with her.
“I didn’t miss it.” Easton grins sunnily, but his eyes are darting all over. “I’m conveniently ignoring it. What time are we leaving?”
“You have a penis. Therefore you’re automatically on the wrong side.”
“Nah, on Sundays I bone your boyfriend. Except for the times he’s busy—then I do your dad.”
Sharing just isn’t natural for me. I’m more comfortable swallowing my emotions.
“I’ll block your number,” I warn. “I’ll get a new phone.” “I’ll change my number.” He snorts. “You really think I won’t be able to get it?”
“We’re not kids anymore and that book is racist as fuck.”
“Um, no thanks. I take back every good thing I’ve said about you.”
No wonder girls leave perfectly nice clubs to have sex with him in a stranger’s car.
“What’s wrong? Who hurt you? Where is he? I’ll kill him—” Reed stumbles to a halt when he realizes I’m alone.
“I’m done playing games, Ella. No other girls exist in this world for me. If you see me talking to one, know that I’m talking about you. If you see me walking next to someone, I’m wishing it was you.” He steps toward me. “You’re the only one for me.”
“I’m allowed to stare.” I scowl at him. “You, on the other hand, are not. So keep your eyes off my girl. Your lips, too.”
“Does your daddy not love you enough to teach you how to fight, Skippy? Watch. This is a jab.” I punch his face twice in succession. “See how that works?”
If he could turn ugly overnight, that would be so helpful.
“Then you’ll need to start with me, because this”—she points to her forehead—“is the result of me headbashing Tam’s ex.” I wince. “Maybe use a beer bottle next time? Or better yet, take me with you.”
“Yeah. He’s been sleeping outside my room. That’s creepy, right?”
“Do you have a toothbrush I can borrow? It feels like an animal died in my mouth.”
You can’t hit a pregnant woman, says the firm voice in my head.
Fuck that I’d push this bitch off a cliff into an active volcano on her due date
She brought steel and fire. She made us laugh again. She gave us a purpose—at first, it was us uniting against her. Then it turned into us standing beside her. Protecting her. Loving her.
I interrupted by asking him if he’s trying to control me because he can’t control his sons. That went over really well.
Shit Ellie baby that is crazy. I love it
Babe no one’s happy if they’re poor.
Honestly people can argue this all they want but what she said is true. I never want to be so poor I worry about anything ever again
Okay! I give. Let’s buy some happiness with my $$
And she had her own pieces of ass on the side.
Your brother? 🙄
He smirks. “I have scratches on my back this morning.” “You do not!” I exclaim and then suck in breath. “Do you?” I ask quietly, looking at my nails.
“I said I walked into a door. It’s true enough, except the door was some girl’s face.”
Wade instantly falls on one knee. “Oh, dear maiden. Please allow me to insert my member into your cavern of pleasure and take you to heights only the immortals have known.”
“Yep. I played tight end.” I smirk. The football terms are so dirty.
I don’t know what he’d do if a girl told him she loved him. That might be his worst nightmare.
“Handy dudes are like porn for chicks. You like that I can do things.”
“Is that how it worked back then? The men would create fire and then the women would come along and bonk the guy with the best twig from the pile and have her way with him?” “Yup, but we let the men write the stories because their fragile egos needed the boost.”
She grabs my wrist and turns her lips into my palm. It feels like a brand. Her brand. I want to close my fist around it and keep it there.
“It means that all those other girls need to stand down. You’re mine.”
Oh man. If any of my friends were around right now, they’d start a statewide search for my balls. But I don’t care. I mean every word I’m saying.
“What? Do I have syrup on my face?” After practice, we hit the dining hall and I inhaled about ten pancakes. “No, it’s the smile, dude. You look happy.”
“Absolutely,” I answer immediately. “Where’s the van? I’m ready to be kidnapped.” I pretend to look around.
She’ll fight tooth and nail for what she wants. The key is to remain what she wants. Because she’d leave your deadweight ass behind if she didn’t think you were worth it.
I walk forward and place my body behind hers. She can lean against me if she needs to. I’m here to support her. Beside me, I feel the presence of my brothers. All of us are behind her.
“The family that fights together, stays together.”
“Do I need to remind you what happened at school on Monday?” “Do I need to remind you who started it off by dragging Jordan by her hair?”
“I’m not entirely blind, Ella, and you two aren’t terribly careful.
Callum hangs up and fixes me with a worried look. Then he sighs and says, “I hope to hell you’re right about this, Ella.”
Why do I feel like that bitch and the other bitch are going to fake the results 🫠😐
“Who flies to another state for dinner?”
“Come on, little sis, we’ll get to see the Washington Monument from the air,” Easton says coaxingly. “It looks like a huge dick.”
“Always. I always wrap it up.” He yells after his dad, “Just like I was taught.”
“Let’s not fight, baby.” He grabs my wrist and tugs me out of the bathroom and over to the bed. “It was seriously nothing. I took another painkiller and now I’m feeling nice and loopy.”
I could actually beat his fucking ass through this book right the fuck NOW
