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She’s not cute.
She just wants in his pants.
She couldn’t handle him.
I can’t handle him.
I’m a jealous witch and I hate myself, but what I hate the most is how hurt I feel, and how I’d only have to look in the mirror to know all the reasons why I feel that way.
And the only person to blame would be staring with hollow eyes right back at me.
Chapter Sixteen
Sookie
I know she watched the entire thing, I could feel her anger, and I honestly thrived off of it—if that makes me sick, whatever… she said to participate, to get more ratings, to stick to my stupid contract.
I toss my sweatshirt onto the ground. The crew is wrapping up with Iseul down the mountain, she’s doing her confessional and I asked to stay back for a bit to take in the view. They said I had fifteen minutes since it’s already dark but I’m not worried.
“Head back in a few,” One of the PA’s calls back at me. I don’t know which one it is since I can’t really see that well, but I’m assuming it’s Ro, what I call him for short.
“Yup.” I clench my fists and stare up at the stars and take a second before I start to follow him down the trail when a hand reaches out and grabs my arm jerking me into the tree line.
“What the hell do you think you were doing?” Ari’s in my face, with my back against the tree.
Nope.
I flip her around and slam her against the bark. “My job—isn’t that what you wanted me to do?”
“By flirting with her and forcing us to edit all the shit out so you don’t get canceled with your fans! You know you can’t just touch and do what you did, you kissed her forehead!”
I smirk. “It’s great TV.”
She smacks me on the arm. “And you’re a pain in my ass!”
I lean forward nearly touching her mouth. “Are we done here?”
“No!” Ari’s nostrils flare. “We aren’t done! Some of the crew filmed what you did! It’s going to leak, and I have to be the one to gain control of the situation if this goes horribly wrong. You showed your tattoos. You’re not allowed to date. You touched her, you—“
“—jealous?” I snort out a laugh. “Wow, good thing I’ve never taken any of those roles for dramas, you’d probably run me over with your car.”
“I don’t care!” She hisses in my face. “I don’t.”
My eyebrows raise.
“I don’t!” She repeats a third time. “It’s just a headache for me and you did it on purpose, fuck whoever you want! Just do yourself a favor and actually get away with it, I can’t believe I ever—“
“--wanted to be the one who was getting fucked?” I tease. “Feel free, I’m sure producer Sung-Bin would be more than happy to fill that role, who knows, maybe he already has, you’ve been around him constantly and I know he’s flirting with you.
Her slap comes down so hard on my cheek that it can be heard echoing through the quiet forest. My jaw hurts from the impact.
She lets out a gasp and covers her mouth with her hands.
I rub my sore jaw with my hand. “Are you done now? Or do you need to get some more hits in?” I almost ask for it, maybe the pain is better than her pleasure.
Tears spill from her eyes. “I hate you.”
“You? Hate. Me?” I repeat, my heart’s already gone, what’s one more hit to it. “All right, thanks for the heads up.” God, I just need a break, a break from all of this drama from all of the constant back and forth, from trying to pretend to be something I’m not, for years just pretending to be this innocent, perfect kid when I’m not a kid anymore, when I want more, when I want things I’m not allowed to want because God forbid I act on my feelings.
