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?”

“Let’s get that straight before you run around school, starting rumors

what went down today, the whore everyone has been calling you seems to

cunt,”

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

across my garage.”

stare intensifies. “You’ve got the

to smile and laugh. “Yeah, right. No one but

me.”

serious, an expression I haven’t

to believe that?” Sadie asks. “You

you.”

want you to be with Easton and, you’re right, I am a cunt, but it wasn’t me who spray painted your house.” She crosses her

this, but

it wasn’t Aisha, then who was

it can’t be

do

for one day,” Sadie says

to snarl. “You should take a long, hard look at the people in your circle.” She eyes up Sadie.

Sadie says to me, “Do you

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

know you can trust

is, she’s the only person I can

loops her arm through mine and we walk down the hallway toward class. As we‘re passing the front

doesn’t look at

straight ahead, his face dripping

say the moment he passes me, grabbing his

glances down at me, a look in his eyes that

“Are you all right? Did you get in