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I stare at him. “What?”
“I quit both jobs for you.” When my eyes bulge out angrily, he goes on. “In my defense, you don’t have time to work, Brynn. You really don’t.”
“I have to work,” I tell him. “I don’t have a network of powerful friends who help me get ahead, Killian. I need a job to show I have income—”
“You don’t need a network,” he interrupts, “you’ve got me. If the income is an issue, I’ll co-sign. My income is more than sufficient for any apartment you could want. What’s in your account now is more than enough to get yourself set up in an apartment. You don’t have to live with anybody, and you damn sure won’t be stuck living at the Zeta house. I’ll put more money in your account next month, and I’m going to buy you a car since yours is God knows where. If you want to go with me to pick it out, we can go Friday. Otherwise I’ll buy you something myself, but either way, you’re getting a car.”
“You cannot buy me a car.”
“Yes, I can.”
“What will Sloane think?”
“I don’t give a fuck what Sloane thinks. I care about you, so I’m going to fix as much of this mess I made for you as I possibly can.”
I cross my arms and lift my eyebrows. “Does that include apologizing to Liam for acting like a jealous asshole when you have literally no right?”
He scowls. “Fuck no. Did I not tell you just yesterday that if I see you with someone else, I’m gonna raise hell?”
My jaw drops open. “You mean hours before your fiancée stormed into our apartment in the middle of the night? Yeah, I think I do remember that, and how fucking dare you think that still applies.”
“Damn right it still applies. That’s where the colossally unfair part kicks in, you remember that?”
“I want to hit you,” I state, feeling rage in my body like it’s a living thing.
“Go ahead.”
It feels like a dare the way he says it. Like he wants me to. And then I meet his gaze, and I can feel the heat hit me. I suck in a breath, and he sees his opening. He grabs me and backs me up against the brick wall, bringing his body far too close and caging me in.
“Don’t,” I warn him, turning my face so I don’t have to look at him. “Don’t you dare.”
“I still want you, Brynn. Nothing’s changed for me.”
“Everything has changed for me.”
“Is everything okay here?”
My heart lurches and I shove him away, moving away from the wall as Annabel Lee’s gaze moves between us.
I swallow and look down at the ground. “Yeah. Great. I was just leaving.”
Without looking at either of them, I make my way down the hall and away from the auditorium.
And because his fiancée’s friend is here this time, he has to let me go.
Chapter Forty
Brynn
When I first leave school, I feel a strange burst of energy from my run-in with Killian.
I’m not sure it makes sense, but I don’t question it because I need that energy to get some schoolwork done.
Addison gets home hours later. I’m happy to see her, but having the place to myself, I was finally able to focus and go over the material I missed in class earlier.
“Hey,” she says, flashing me a smile as she puts her schoolbag down and starts to unload it.
“Hey,” I say back, mustering a little smile.
