You’re Mine by Penny Brooks

Chapter 75

Harper

“What in the ever-loving fuck just happened?” Sadie says, rushing to my side the second I leave the cafeteria. “Blake just hauled ass to the nurse, bleeding profusely. Mrs. Scott just dragged Easton toward her office and Aisha’s smiling like she just got fucked against a wall.” She holds my shoulders. “And you look like you’re about to burst into tears.”

The moment Easton got dragged away and Blake left for the nurse, Aisha gave me the nastiest smirk and took off, leaving me alone in the cafeteria, drops of Blake’s blood by my feet. I haven’t even had a chance to catch my breath yet. My whole body is tingling and numb, my chest aching.

I don’t want Easton to get in trouble.

I don’t want him fighting with Blake.

I don’t want anyone fighting anymore. Between my brother punching Easton in our backyard and Easton punching Blake today, I’ve had enough.

What makes it worse is that both instances were over me.

“Sadie …” | move us over to a row of lockers, leaning against one, needing something to take my weight and hold me up. “I couldn’t get Easton to stop, he was raging mad angrier than I’ve ever seen him-and he exploded on Blake.” I pull my hair back, the heat on my neck making it hard to breathe. “Blake was loving it, he was egging him on. It’s like he wanted Easton to punch him.”

“Of course Blake wants to start shit with Easton, he wants Easton to look as bad as possible in front of you, so Blake looks like a saint.” She twirls a piece of my hair. “Harper, he’s obsessed with you, he’ll do anything to be with you.”

“Even getting punched in the face?”

She shrugs. “Looks like it.”

| swallow, needing the tightness in my throat to go away. “I don’t know, Sadie. This is all so crazy, and it isn’t over, I feel like things are just getting started between them.”

Sadie’s eyes widen. “Shhh, here comes trouble.”

I turn around, meeting the smug smile that I hate so much.

“Did you enjoy that?” Aisha asks, now standing next to us. “Watching your little boyfriends fight over you?”

tell her. “Let’s get that straight before you run around

She eyes me up and down. “But from what went down today, the

cunt,” Sadie

I’m hardly a whore,” I add, “but you certainly like to write that word out-maybe it makes you feel like less of a whore

across my garage.”

intensifies. “You’ve got the wrong

and laugh. “Yeah, right. No one but you could

me.”

turns serious, an expression I haven’t seen

believe that?” Sadie asks. “You despise Harper,

you.”

and, you’re right, I am a cunt, but it wasn’t me who spray painted your house.” She crosses her arms. “It really wasn’t, I was out of

this, but something

Aisha, then

be Blake … can

he really do

for one day,”

“You should take a long, hard look at the people in your circle.” She eyes up Sadie. “Those are the ones you

walks away and Sadie says

the crowd of students as if the answer is waiting for me out there. “I don’t know what to believe right now.

know you can

the only person

walk down the hallway toward class. As we‘re passing the front office, the door swings open and Easton comes rushing

look

ahead, his face

say the moment he passes

halts and glances down at me, a look

| ask. “Are you all right? Did you get