Page 132 of Driftwood Daffodil 2

He shrugged. “I play with the cards I’m dealt.”

“Well, go play with some other cards. Maybe Sutton Barlow has a decent deck?” The last part I added just to piss him off, and it worked.

He released the chair causing the legs to bang off the ground.

“That shit’s not funny. You think I want some hoity toity self-righteous princess following me around?”

Yes, yes I did.

“I’d rather slit her throat.”

That was an interesting statement. “So why haven’t you?”

Atlee wasn’t what I would call controlled. If he wanted to hurt someone, he hurt them. If he wanted to fuck someone he fucked them whether they wanted it or not.

“Why haven’t I what?”

“Slit her throat?”

I got the feeling that he was trying to change the subject.

“I haven’t found a sharp enough knife yet. Besides, I’d have to touch her to do that.”

That was enough to make my brow arch.

Atlee Fiore didn’t want to touch a chick? Had hell frozen over? He once banged our history teacher who was well into her sixties, just so he could say he got a gummer.

“You wouldn’t touch her?”

“Fuck no.”

Was this jealousy or something else? “But you’d kill her?”

“She’s not worth my time.”

Now she wasn’t worth his time? Don’t get me wrong Sutton Barlow was definitely a self-righteous princess, I’d agree with him on that. The only reason I knew who she was, was because her dad was a senator, and one of the few that refused to work with my father. But she wasn’t hideous, and kind of Atlee’s type. He had a thing for virgins and she reeked of purity.

“So, you wouldn’t fuck her?”

His lip curled in disgust. “Are you kidding me?”

Actually no, it was a serious question. It wasn’t that long ago when I tried to hide my attraction to a certain someone behind hate, and I couldn’t help but wonder if Atlee was doing the same thing. Don’t get me wrong, I still hated Nova. The girl pissed me off on a daily basis, but I would never stop fucking her.

“I don’t know? Sutton is kind of cute…”

“You want to fuck her, go hard.” He lifted the chair back up and slid it in the storage room. “I’ll hold the bitch down for you.”

Okay so he wasn’t jealous. Maybe Atlee really didn’t want to touch her. What the hell did Sutton do? The only other person I’d see give him that glint in his eye, was his mother. She was also not worth the effort it would take to end her life. Sutton must’ve really pissed him off. If I thought Atlee would tell me, I might’ve asked him about it.

“Why would you want to fuck her anyway?” He spun around and grumbled, “She probably doesn’t know how to suck decent dick.”

Nope, I was wrong. There was the jealousy.

It wasn’t as intense as mine, but the green eyed monster was there. Shinning under the danger in his whiskey eyes. There was a high chance that if I did touch Sutton, Atlee would skin me alive. When that switch flipped in his mind, there was no telling what he would do.

“I bet Nova knows how to suck dick.”

Asshole.

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