hand that was on my upper thigh, and took a few calming breaths before he spoke. “You have no idea what you do to me. We need to get the fuck out of here.”
“Hailey is in there. I’m not leaving without telling her first.” Did he really think I was just going to leave with him?
“Fine, we’ll go in and tell her we are leaving. And you’re going to tell that prick to stay the hell away from you.”
“I’m not telling him to stay away from me. He didn’t do anything wrong. We were just dancing.” I said following behind him back into the bar.
He stopped right before he got to the door. “He wasn’t doing anything? You’re kidding, right? He had his hands all over you, Kenzie.” He ran his hands through his hair and pulled on it. “I know he has feelings for you. I’ve known for a long time. He will never pick you over your brothers. He’s just using you.”
I didn’t respond to him. I walked past him and opened the door to go tell Hailey I was leaving. I knew Dominic was right. Hunter would never be disloyal to my brothers. I was pissed at Dominic for bringing that up; I was pissed at myself for even thinking that tonight would mean anything to Hunter. I was only asking for more heartache.
Finally making it to Hailey, I told her I was leaving and asked if she could grab my things from Hunter’s and bring them back with her. She told me she would, and that she would see me in the morning. As I was heading back to Dominic, Hunter stepped in my way.
“Where are you going?” He asked with a slight panicked look on his face.
“I’m leaving with Dominic. Tonight shouldn’t have happened. You know that, Hunter.” I tried to step around him, but he stopped me.
He just stared at me as if he wanted to argue with me, but he didn’t say anything. That just pissed me off even more. I wanted him to tell me I was wrong, but he didn’t, he never would.
“You need to stay the hell away from me, Hunter. You can’t keep playing these head games with me. One minute, you are flirting and acting like you want me, then the next you are pushing me away. I’m tired of the back and forth.” This time when I moved around him, he let me.
As Dominic and I made our way back to campus, neither one of us said anything to each other. I was pissed at myself for letting Hunter get to me. I was pissed off at Dominic for not being the boyfriend he used to be. When we pulled up to the dorms, I got out of Dominic’s car, slammed the door shut and ran right to my room, locking the door behind me. Dominic tried knocking, but I didn’t answer and eventually, he left.
CHAPTER TEN
The next morning when Hailey came home, she was pretty quiet; I didn’t have much to say either. What would I have said? I freaked out because I was losing Dominic, and he pointed out the fact that Hunter would never want me. I wanted to know what happened after I left, but what would it have changed? Nothing. I just needed to get over Hunter, concentrate on Dominic and hope things would work out.
Hailey had made plans to meet up with Zeke from the bar last night, and she asked if I wanted to go along. I told her I was not in the mood to go out, and that I was going to spend a quiet night in bed reading. She warned I had until Monday to sulk, and that would be it. If I was not over my shit by then, she was calling my brothers. I promised her things would be ok. I just needed a little time by myself.
On Monday afternoon, I received a phone call from the library offering me a job. The only downfall was that it was from 6 p.m. until midnight, Monday through Thursday. I accepted the job because I needed time to myself and the distraction would be good for me. I’d start next Monday.
When Hailey came back after her last class, I told her about the library job, and that Logan would be the person training me. She smirked and told me to watch my back. She had not talked to him since that day in the library and I