Page 43 of Vile Boys

Caleb

My face darkens,eyes growing wickedly sharp the second I lay eyes on the daughter of my father’s new fling.

It’s her.

Crystal Murphy.

Her motheris my dad’s fucking crush?

My fist tightens as I struggle to contain the anger flooding my veins.

“Aren’t you going to say hi?” her mother asks when the wholehouse has gone quiet.

A slow but dubious smile forms on her lips. “Hi.”

The softness in her voice makes it hard to breathe.

This is her doing. I just know it is. How else could this happen? Her mother came up to my father after she dropped her coffee. Their meeting wasn’t a coincidence. She shouldn’t have been there in the first place, yet …

My father pushes me forward. “Go on.”

My eyes narrow. “Hi.”

She tilts her head at me in such a mischievous way that it makes my hard-on twitch.

That look on her face … she’s pretending she doesn’t know me?

Fuck.

She’s definitely doing this on purpose.

And my dick is definitely hardening in my pants from the sheer audacity.

“Well, who’s hungry?” her mother asks to break the ice.

She scurries off into the kitchen while my dad places his coat on the rack and sits down at the table.

“Sit, sit!” her mother tells us as she comes back inside with a tray filled with freshly baked potatoes. “Dinner’s all ready.”

“That was quick,” my dad says.

“She’s been prepping all day,” Crystal muses.

I grasp the chair beside my dad and sit down reluctantly despite Crystal staring at me like she’s too afraid to even say a single word.

I pick up a piece of bread and shove it into my mouth while my dad grumbles.

“Caleb. Behave.”

“I am,” I retort. “And I didn’t ask to be dragged here.”

Crystal sits down opposite me and casually pours my dad some water before pouring herself a glass. So I grab the water when she’s finished and slowly pour my own glass while glaring at her, then pick up my glass and take a huge gulp, my eyes still locked on hers.

She did this, and I want her to know I’ll make her regret it.

My father clears his throat. “Caleb, I just wanted you to meet my girlfriend.”

I spit out my water. “Girlfriend?!”

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