Barbie Btch (Rejects Paradise #3) - Sheridan Anne Page 0,26

helping himself to what’s mine. “So, Laurelle and the twins haven’t run you out of here yet?”

Oh, okay. So we’re literally going to pretend that the Jude situation doesn’t exist. I can get on board with that. I jump back up onto the counter and get comfortable before snatching the tub out of his unsuspecting hands. “They’re not smart enough to know how to run me out of here,” I inform him, looking at him pointedly with a smug grin. “None of you were.”

“Ain’t that the truth,” he says with a scoff. “I have to admit, I didn’t like you much at first but your annoying little screechy whine has grown on me.”

“My screechy whine?” I gasp. “You and I both know that you’re the only one with a screechy whine around here.”

“Moooooooom,” comes a drawn-out squeal from upstairs by one of the twins.

“I stand corrected,” I grumble.

“They’ll come around,” Spencer promises me, but the lie is all too obvious in his tone. We both know that Cora and Casey are not the type to ‘come around.’ They’re the fight till the death type just like me, only unfortunately for them, they’re now playing in a whole new league, one they’re not strong enough to win, not even with their combined twin power.

I give Spencer a blank stare and he bursts into laughter. “Yeah, that didn’t even feel convincing coming out of my mouth,” he admits. “You’re going to be up against those girls for as long as you live. Even if you and Colton break up. They’ll never stop tearing you down until they win and when it comes to you, I have a feeling those girls will never win.”

“Never.”

“Though, to be fair,” he continues. “I didn’t think you were ever going to come around.”

“Me?” I laugh. “I didn’t come around, Spencer. You idiots just realized that if you can’t beat me, it’s best to join me.”

“Bullshit. You’re the one who realized that if you wanted to live peacefully here that you were going to need to reel in your attitude.”

“Dude, my attitude is still shining bright. It didn’t get reeled in at all. Besides, I think it’s more like you realized that if you didn’t climb aboard the Ocean train that you were going to get left behind. I had Charlie wrapped around my finger in a matter of days and Colton … well, he was mine the second I walked through the door. And as much as I’d rather not admit it, Jude wanted me too. You had no choice but to accept me or be left out in the dark. Just face it, I’m a force to be reckoned with.”

Spencer looks back at me, playfully narrowing his eyes. “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”

I roll my eyes and dig my spoon deep into my ice cream again. “You’re an idiot,” I tell him around my full mouth. “You know that, right?”

“Ughhhh. Anyone can tell that you didn’t grow up around here,” he says, scrunching his face in disgust. “Where are your manners? Don’t you chicks take etiquette classes or some shit like that? Ice cream is going everywhere. Close your damn mouth.”

I roll my tongue around my mouth, making a point of not giving a shit. “This is as good as it’s gonna get,” I laugh. “Loosen up, Spence. Trust me, it’ll look good on you. Who knows, people might even start to like you then.”

“Ha. Ha.”

A noise sounds outside the kitchen before Colton’s deep voice is hollered through the impeccable mansion. “Jade, where are you?”

I look over at Spencer as a wide grin spreads across my face. “Kitchen,” I call back and rise to my feet on the counter.

“What the fuck are you doing?” Spencer questions, looking up at me with a fearful suspicion.

I glance up at the cupboard above the massive fridge. “Lift me up there.”

His brows dip as his face crunches in distaste. “What? No.”

I throw myself at him, leaving him no choice but to either catch me or let my stubborn ass fall to the floor. And just as I knew they would, his survival instincts kick in, and he catches me with ease. “Get off me,” he grunts as I try to claw my way up his body to reach the top cupboard.

“Shut up and shove me in the cupboard. The more you complain, the longer it’s going to take.”

Spencer groans low and giving up his fight, hauls me up as high as he can go. I laugh to