Page 100 of The Breaking Pointe
“If we weren’t here, Kennedy, the circumstances would be a lot different,” he hisses. “So let me say this once.”
I nod, one good time, smiling more, and watching him boil up because of it.
“You’re on my territory, now.She is my territory—and that’s not changing. You’re getting a little too comfortable for me.”
He takes a step closer, growling his words in my face. “Yeah?”I ask quietly.“Does she know that?”
He inhales all the air in his proximity, exhaling it through his nose with laughter.
“You mean nothing. Right now, you’re impressive to her, but she’ll eventually see how pathetic you really are. You’re emotionally unstable, Kennedy.”
My amusement begins to fade away, turning into anger. “You’re nothing but a filler in this chapter of her life. So, if I were you, I’d get out the game while you’re ahead. ‘Cause I like fighting, and I like what’s mine.”
He smirks, smacking my chest before whispering in my ear. “Now that she’s eating again, she’ll be an even better fuck. More to grab. You’ll have her good and ready for me in no time.” He chuckles, elbowing me before walking to the door.
Twisting on my feet, I begin to go after him, but instead, I run right into Trey, watching Daniel walk out.
“Inarushtogetsomewhere?”heasks.
Staring at him, I ball my fists up. “Where’s Noelle?” “She’s out in the hall, with the team,” he responds.“What
just went down in here?I saw Daniel walk out and—”
“I need to go.This was a bad idea.I’ll call you.”I step past him, storming out of the bathroom and right up to Noelle.
“You okay?You took a while there.”She holds out my trophy, carrying the same excitement she did when I first went into the bathroom.
“Canwegetoutofhere?”Ibeginashakyvoice.
She nods without asking any questions, allowing me to take her hand and rush us through different people until we get to the outside again. I slow down when we do but keep walking us to the car.
“Colton, what happened?”She stops walking, holding onto my hand to make me stop.“All of a sudden, you’re acting weird.”
“I had a bad feeling about tonight, and I’m right. Daniel and his fucking mind games got to me, okay?I feel like I need to have my guard up. I don’t like feeling like that, Noelle,” I say, feeling fired up again by his comment before leaving me in the bathroom.
“Was he in the bathroom? What did he say to you?” She grabs my arms, keeping me from pacing in the middle of the parking lot.
“He was.After I heard him ingesting a bunch of shit inthe stall, he came out with his jaw swinging. He’s psychotic. He’s plotting against me, and it’s like he’s waiting for me to go crazy so I can back out of all of this—and back out of us!”
She squeezes my arms, holding my still. “Colton. Take adeep breath and stop.”
Ilistentoher,lookingdownatherwhileshekeeps
completely calm.
“Are you gonna back out?” she asks in a hushed tone. “No…NoelleI’mnotaquitter.ButIdon’tplaydirty.He’s
makingme,”Iexasperate.
“So play dirty.”She shrugs, dusting my suit off.
“Forget about what anyone thinks about being nice. You have to use his own playbook against him.”
“What?” My jaw slightly drops, confused at her change of heart.
“Cole, this is the only time I’ll say that nice guys finish last.Don’t make that untrue.”She pecks my lips.“Let’s go,” she says, taking my hand again and trading places with me, leading us instead.
And that’s how Noelle Mayberry got a million times sexier in my eyes.
