Page 80 of Hate the Game
I sniffled and shot her a weak smile. “Are you coming on to me?”
She laughed and pressed a sloppy kiss to my forehead. “I always said I wanted a girl my brother had slept with. Said me never.”
I didn’t even know where my phone was but when Blaire’s started blowing up a few hours later she turned it off and I buried my head in her shoulder and pulled the blanket up higher.
“They’re going to be so pissed when they realize I sent a text to security downstairs asking that they not be allowed in the building.”
“You did?”
“Hell yeah, I did. They need to suffer. They did something horrible and if they don’t have a few days to think about their actions, they’ll never learn. Assholes.”
I decided to ignore it. I didn’t want to know. I just wanted to watch movies that made me sob for a reason not my own and stuff myself with food until I passed out.
“Seriously, Vannah, I’m probably a terrible person for how much I’m enjoying this. Do you know how hard it is being Jax’s sister? Everyone always thinks he’s perfect. It’s infuriating. And now you’re here and he’s messing up all over the place. He needs to feel this to keep himself humble.”
“I think it’s possible that we could both be better sisters.”
She scoffed. “Your brothers let you move states to chase vengeance in their name. My brother is a jackass who lets our dad control him. None of them deserve great sisters. They all need a swift kick in the ass. Now watch the movie.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
***Ryder***
Iknocked harder on Savannah’s door and turned to glare at Jax. “What did you do?”
He flushed red with anger as he came at me. “Are you fucking serious? Why would you assume I did something to her?”
Cole managed to get between us and shoved us both back. “Knock it off. Call Blaire again and-”
“Her phone’s still off. Security at her dorm changes over in the morning and we might be able to get in then but for now, she’s untouchable. The brat.” Jax tugged at his hair and squeezed his eyes shut. “She was fine when I left. Happy. There’s nothing that I said that should-”
I looked up at his sudden silence and followed his gaze down the hall to Cass. She stood there, arms clutched around her body, face red from crying. She wasn’t typically a crier, I didn’t think. I’d never paid much attention, though. Before I could ask what was wrong with her she let her arms fall to her sides and came at us.
There were still tears in her eyes but there was also a surprising amount of anger. She stopped right in front of usand jabbed her finger into Cole’s chest. “You’re all just a bunch of assholes. You slept with her. Are you even doing the plan anymore? I saw her. I saw her coming out of your room in your shirt this morning, Cole.”
A feeling of dread settled over me. “Did you say anything to her?”
Cole looked dumbstruck. “What’s wrong, Cass? What’s-”
“You asshole!” She shoved at his chest and then openly broke down. Her shoulders shook with her sobs but when Cole tried to wrap his arm around her she shoved him away again. “How could you do that? How could you sleep with her when you know she’s here to hurt you? She wants to take you down! She doesn’t care about you.Icare about you!”
Jax winced. He and I weren’t shocked that Cass had finally hit a wall with Cole. He was oblivious to her feelings. With the way she was crying, I wondered if we all hadn’t been blind to just how seriously she felt about him.
“I care about each of you and you’re all too stupid to see it. Instead, you want to mess around with a woman who hates you.” Wiping her nose on her sweater, Cass glared straight into Cole’s soul. “I told her everything. She knows that we all talked about who she was and why she was here. She knows that you three set out to seduce her to keep her article from happening. She knows you used her. She must be an amazing actress or bad at her job because she looked crushed.”
I growled and let her see the full force of my anger. “You had no right.”
“I had no right? Fuck you. I’ve done everything I can to be here for the three of you for so long and you barely even see me. I protected you from her and now you’re angry at me for what? For hurting her feelings? Or for cutting off your supply of tits and ass?”
“That’s not what she is, Cass.” Cole rubbed his hands down his face and looked like he was doing all that he could to keep his anger in check. “She isn’t a hook up. I care about her. We all do. You shouldn’t have done this. You should’ve stayed out of it and let us tell her when the time was right. I’m sorry that you’re upset, Cass. I am. But you don’t get to hurt Savannah just because the three of us don’t act or react the way you want. Ryder’s right. You had no right to do this.”
Cass let out a broken laugh and I would’ve felt awful for her if she hadn’t possibly just cost us Savannah. Tears streaked down her cheeks and her shoulders slumped. “You’re never going to care about me the way I care about you, are you? You never have and you never will. I gave you all of my firsts, Cole. I fought for you. I went against everything my parents ever said about you and I loved you. Even when you didn’t deserve it. I kept thinking you’d wake up and see me but you’re never going to, are you?”
Jax swore under his breath. “Fucking told you to handle this and now look at what it’s caused, Cole.”
“This? You told him to handlethis? I’ve been your friend for forever, Jax, and now I don’t even deserve a name? You’re a piece of shit. I’ve always had your back and this is how you treat me… Asshole.”
Cole cut in. “I care about you as a friend, Cass. I’ve made it clear so many times. I’m sorry. I’m sorry I don’t feel the same way you do and I’m sorry that you’re hurting. I’m never going to want more from you than friendship. You need to understand that. I don’t want to hurt you. I’m furious with you right now but I still care about you. I do. But this isn’t going to happen. And you need to step way back. What you did with Savannah? That’s over the line.”
