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?”

her. “Let’s get that straight before

the truth.” She eyes me up and down. “But from what went down today, the whore everyone has been calling you

cunt,” Sadie

you certainly like to write that word out-maybe it makes you feel like less

across my garage.”

intensifies. “You’ve

right. No one but you could have

me.”

expression I haven’t seen from her. “That wasn’t

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

you.”

right, I am a cunt, but it wasn’t

is even considering this, but something about

Aisha, then

can’t be Blake …

do that

your face for one day,”

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

away and Sadie says to me, “Do you

for me out there. “I don’t know what to believe right

you know you can

the only person I can

toward class. As we‘re

look

ahead, his face

passes me,

me, a look in his eyes that he’s almost bothered

all right?