Page 25 of Puck'n Bully
“Hayden, are you forgetting something?” I ask him in a lowered voice. “Do you want people to see you with me?”
He shrugs a shoulder. “You’re my tutor. That’s all people will see here. Besides, aren’t you glad I got you to take a break?”
“No. I’m here to work. I don’t like you wasting my time like this.”
His eyes turn cold. “So, sitting with me is just a waste of time for you?”
“Yes,” I reply, meeting his gaze.
Hayden’s face morphs into a stony expression.
Despite the things he makes me feel, I refuse to be manipulated by him.
“This is my job, Hayden,” I tell him in a grim tone. “You can’t come in here and mess with me like this.” Pushing the milkshake back toward him, I get to my feet. “I’ll see you on Monday for our tutoring session.
“Liam,” Hayden growls, stopping me in my tracks. “Sit your ass on that chair or youwillregret it.
I stay on my feet, fighting the urge to obey him.
“You will lose this job if you don’t sit down right now!” Hayden says, his face a mask of fury.
Knowing how easily he can use his charm to get his way, I grudgingly sit down on the chair. While my scholarship pays for my education, I still need this job to pay for rent and food.
“You can make that face all you want but you’re not going anywhere,” he adds in a lowered voice.
Anger surges through me, making me want to splash the chocolate milkshake in his face. Instead, I pull the glass toward me and take a large gulp of the cold, creamy shake.
“Mmm,” A moan escapes me as the chocolate hits my frayed nerves. Damn! I love a good chocolate milkshake.
Hayden notices my reaction instantly. A smirk lifts the corner of his lips as if knows I was starving.
He’s about to say something but stops as Sarah comes to the table and places a glass of milkshake in front of him. “Our boss sent you these barbecue wings to try.”
“Thanks, Sarah,” Hayden says smoothly, reading her name tag. “Please tell her I appreciate the gesture.”
“You should bring in your teammates sometime too,” Sarah says, easily swayed by his charm.
“Sure. We love this place,” Hayden says with a broad grin.
“Awesome! I’ll be right back with the rest of your food.”
A groan escapes me as I take the first bite of the hot, saucy chicken. The food in this diner is exceptional.
I devour two more wings before staring the devil in the eye. “You could be an actor, you know,” I say, meeting Hayden’s hungry gaze.
“I can be anything you want,” he says in a sultry voice.
I roll my eyes and take a big slurp of my shake.
“You shouldn’t skip your meals, Liam,” Hayden says in a grim tone. “What were you thinking coming here to work on an evening shift when you’re clearly starving?”
Surprise flickers through me. “You could tell I was hungry?”
“I know your hungry face,” he says, leaning against his chair and raking his gaze all over me. “That’s how you looked the first day you started tutoring me. You’ve got to take care of yourself, Liam. I can’t always be around to babysit you.”
My cheeks flame up. How can he casually say those things to my face?!
He leans across the table, watching me with a smug, knowing grin.
