You’re Mine by Penny Brooks

Chapter 130

Easton

Winter break is upon us and I swear to God, I can breathe easier.

Helps that finals are over, and my girlfriend isn't so damn stressed out all the time.

Helps even more that her parents have loosened the leash they latched onto her after the Christmas tree incident, and they're letting her go out more.

Not too sure if she's telling them she's actually going out with me, though.

That's something I need to bring up to her soon, but for now, I'll take her any way I can get her.

As long as she's in a good mood.

And finally, she is.

Soam I. I pull into the gas station that's not too far from campus and park next to a pump.

The place is busy, full of cars and I notice the one parked on the other side of the pump I'm at.

It's familiar, and as I'm inserting my credit card into the machine, I notice the passenger seat and the backseat are full of boxes and belongings.

Like someone is moving.

gas situation handled, I lean against my car and wait for the tank to fill, checking my

we're meeting at the theater, since Harper isn't ready to bring me back around the parents yet. I'm a little hurt

on their daughter, and that

never happened. Wipe that shit from my brain once and for all, but I know the next time I see

up. I scratch the back of my neck, my gaze snagging on the woman approaching the car full of

the color of her hair, everything about her is familiar and I know in an

Leigh.

a sneer forming on her face as she rolls her eyes. "You would

slouch against the car, pretending I could give two shits about seeing her, though I can't help but be

gas cap with jerky movements and shoving the gas pump nozzle into her tank so roughly the

bitch who used me. At least I was able to use

had nothing to do

the need to reveal that to her,

husband kicked me

I run my hand through my hair, bored already. "Guess I can't blame him. You were fucking

"You're a pig,"

her tank and putting it away. "I hate you. I hope

babe. You're the one who messed with my head, you know. I

every minute of it, you

straight up to me and I push away from the car, standing my ground. "You

out for who you really are,

her

but it's like she doesn't even hear me. "You're nothing

Nice body.

all you've