Page 60 of Lovers Fate

“Not with Kevin. He makes it known she’s his.”

“I don’t think she agrees.” The girl in question is staring directly at me like she wants to bite my head off.

I smile, recognizing the jealousy she is desperately trying to hide.

“What are you doing?” he whispers.

“I’m smiling at her. I’m not her enemy. Has she said anything to you?”

“I’ve tried a few times,” he says, but I can tell it didn’t go well. What’s wrong with this girl? “Small talk,” he continues, “In class, lunch. We went to Stockbridge High together last year. I was homeschooled for three years before that, but I wanted to see what regular school was like for my senior year in high school. So I went, and that’s when I met her.” He sips his Coke. “And Kevin.”

“What’s Kevin like?”

“He’s a dick. A selfish, entitled prick that thinks his shit doesn’t stink because he plays football and his parents come from money.” He wipes his mouth as if he has a bad taste in it. “She’s a cheerleader and daddy’s little girl.”

I wouldn’t know much about it because I never met my biological father or what it’s like to be a cheerleader and have a boyfriend who’s a jock. But I’m guessing Kaden isn’t a fan of both. But I do think he’s good-looking and dangerous. Every father should hide his precious daughter from him or she might run away with him.

“You’re every father’s nightmare. What’s her name?”

“Mia,” he says softly.

“Mia,” I repeat softly. “Pretty name.”

I resume eating my meal quietly, not knowing what else to say. I don’t know what to say, honestly. What advice I could give him.

“That’s it?”

I wipe my mouth. “What do you mean?”

“That’s all you have to say.”

I shrug my shoulders. “What would you like me to say? Go over there, fuck him up, and throw her over your shoulder like a caveman. Lock her in your bedroom until she’s convinced you’re Prince Charming and will make all her dreams come true.”

He chuckles lightly. “It’s not a terrible idea.”

I raise my brows. “You’re kidding?”

He laughs, bumping into me. “No, not really.”

Sucking in a breath, something hot and powerful zaps my arm when his shoulder brushes against me.

My mind goes blank, and all I see is a little boy about five years old with black hair, his head thrown back laughing as he goes around in circles on a carnival ride.

“Mommy, it’s so much fun!” He cries in laughter as the twirl-a-whirl continues.

spins him around.

I hear myself laugh, but it’s different. Like the time I was on stage at the club and Draco was watching me. The same thing happened. I was in my body, but I was someone else.

“It looks fun, Keir,” I say, my lips moving and then lowering to a whisper, “Mommy loves you, Kier Kaden Hades.”

“What did you just say?” Kaden’s voice breaks the image from my mind.

I blink a couple of times, confused. Kaden’s face coming into focus. The voices of the people sitting at the other tables getting louder.

“What?” There is no way he could have heard. It wasn’t me speaking. It was someone else. Wasn’t it?

““You blanked out. You were staring at me, but you were somewhere else. I called your name, and then you said…” He shakes his head slowly.

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