Page 198 of Boys Who Taint

“In a hurry?” he asks.

“Yep.”

I don’t like it when he fishes.

He starts up the engine, but he keeps looking at me like he’s trying to decipher me.

“So … any reason you didn’t just ask your boyfriend?”

I keep my mouth shut.

“You don’t wanna tell me,” he mutters as we drive off. “That’s fine.”

I enter the address on his onboard GPS. “That’s where I left my car.”

He frowns. “That’s in the middle of Bonesmen Brotherhood territory.” He glares at me like I’ve lost my mind. “Why were you there?”

My nostrils flare, and I look away. “Please don’t ask.”

He grabs my arm and turns me around. “Hey. Did Grey put you up to this? Did he do something?”

As much as I hate my own goddamn boyfriend right now, I can’t fucking throw him under the bus because I’m incriminated too. I killed a man in cold blood. My hands are just as dirty as his.

“Please just … help me out. Please.”

He sighs out loud and keeps driving. “Fine. If you don’t wanna tell me, then don’t. But you’d better explain to me when you’re ready. And if that fucker hurt you … I am going to break his jaw.”

I appreciate that he wants to stick up for me. “Thank you. I’m fine.”

When the parking lot comes into view, he comes to a full stop near my car and says, “Do I need to have a talk with him?”

I take in a deep breath. “I can handle it.”

I get out and shut the door, then waltz toward my car.

Oh yes, I will fucking handle it.

“I’ll see you back on campus. Talk to me when you’re ready,” Xavier calls from his window.

I stick up my thumbs and get in my car, steaming in my own rage.

I wait until he’s gone before I start the engine, but I can’t will myself to drive back.

I’m done.

I’m so done with these motherfucking boys.

They’ve ruined me.

They’ve ruinedeverything.

Screaming, I open the door and slam it shut so violently the glass vibrates, but this rage fades compared to the hatred flooding into my heart.

How could they?

How could they destroy me like this and get away with it?

I nearly rip out my own damn hair because I’m so frustrated. The same hair I once dyed becausehemocked it for being brown. Levi Torres … just another monster intent on turning my life into a living hell.

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