Page 47 of My Heart to Keep
Lo and behold, Trevor followed. When I commandeered a table in the back corner where it was quiet, Trevor joined me, but his body was seemingly too big for the chair.
I huffed. “Can I be honest?”
He snatched his phone out of the front pocket of his jeans. “I love a girl who speaks her mind.”
“I literally don’t have time. I’m slammed with my own studies and chores on my farm. If I want to keep my valedictorian status, I need to tutor myself.”
He slid his phone across the table.
I sat back as though the phone were a weapon. “What are you doing?”
“You want to know why I keep calling you wild one.” He pointed at the phone. “Take a look. If I were you, I would turn the sound down.”
I studied him, unsure of my next move. Whatever was on his phone couldn’t be good, and I’d learned long ago that phones and teenagers spelled all kinds of trouble.
“Go ahead,” he said again. “Don’t be afraid.”
My stomach knotted, and the voice in my head said not to look, but my hands didn’t listen. I picked up the phone slowly, holding my breath. When my eyes landed on the screen, nausea shot up and settled in my throat.
“What in the world?” The picture was dark and grainy, but it looked like Maiken and me. I was greedily fumbling with Maiken’s belt like I was a hungry animal desperate to eat. “Did you take this video?”
Trevor deadpanned as he crossed bulky arms over his white Henley. Suddenly, that creepy vibe I had about him was stronger than ever.
My pulse banged like a drum solo in a rock concert as I lowered the volume before hitting play. Heat rose like a fast-moving wildfire and gripped my cheeks. I couldn’t move. My mouth was bone dry. I couldn’t even breathe. I watched in horror as the video unfolded before me. Maiken and I were the stars of the show.Holy cow!
Nausea swirled violently in my stomach. If Trevor was speaking, I couldn’t hear him over the loudthump, thump, thumpof my pulse.
The library walls closed in. Nightmares were in my future, and so was hell, or a convent, especially if Daddy found out or saw the video. If this went around school, I couldn’t show my face ever again. The wordsslut,hussy, andwhorecame to mind. More importantly, something like this could ruin my future employment.
Motherpucker.
Maiken was right. Someone had been watching us the night of my party. He’d thought the person was my dad. I believed Trevor was much more lethal. He could send this video out to the world. I could handle Daddy. Sure, I might be grounded for an eternity, but if Trevor shared the video, I wouldn’t be able to attend school without leers, jeers, catcalls, and derogatory name calling. Then again, disappointing Daddy would drive a stake through my heart, and that was way worse than the peer pressure.
Tears were on the brim, ready to spill, but I wasn’t about to give Trevor the satisfaction. I stopped the video, tempted to throw his phone at the wall or crush it. That would get rid of any chance he had to send that video to anyone.
Stupid, stupid, stupid girl. Note to self: don’t ever drink again.
“Who else has this?” My voice was surprisingly steady when my insides were nothing but.
He leaned forward, showing no expression and no feelings. He was just a clean sheet of paper. “Just me. It’s quite sexy. Don’t you think?”
He was a pervert.
I gritted my teeth. “Why would you do this?”
His large hands crept across the table before he snagged his phone. “I liked what I saw.”
“You’re a perv and a bully.” My bottom lip wobbled. I was ready to choke and cry and scream. Where was my brother Carter when I needed him? Or Maiken for that matter?
“I haven’t shown it to anyone but you,” he said as a matter of fact. “I don’t plan to either. I’m not like that. Some things should be kept private.”
I finally choked. “Private.” I hunched over the table. “If you think that, you would’ve never taken this freaking video.” I kept my voice low but hard. Mentally, I was kicking myself in the ass over and over again for my actions. It would’ve been one thing if a slew of kids hadn’t been feet away from Maiken and me that night, although if I hadn’t had the party, then I wouldn’t have gotten drunk in the first place.
Trevor jutted out his angular jaw. “I was bored and exploring new territory.”
Unbelievable.
“Are you using this to bribe me now?” I couldn’t wrap my mind around any other reason he would be showing it to me. I didn’t want to tutor him, so he had the video to use against me.
