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“What do you want?” I wasn’t scared, but I didn’t like
how there was one of me and four of them. They crowded
around me, trying to be intimidating.
Bethany smiled, though it looked every bit as fake and
malicious as she was. “I just wanted to give you a little…
warning.”
I laughed. “Maddox? Right, of course. Go ahead, give me
your warning.”
I tried to appear unfazed, but I knew what was coming.
They were here for a reason. The fact that I wasn’t
cowering or begging for them to spare me angered them.
“Let’s just say, I’m trying to save you some face. Maddox
will grow tired of you, soon enough, and he’ll drop you like
yesterday’s trash. You’re going to be hurt because that’s
what he does. He breaks girls like you for a hobby.”
I returned her fake smile with one of my own. “Oh, like
he grew tired of you and threw you out like yesterday’s
trash?”
The corners of her eyes twitched, and her smile slipped
off her lips.
I wasn’t done yet. If she wanted to be a bitch, I was
going to show her how to play the game right.
I shook her hand off me, tsking under my breath. “I
remember that day. Gossip tends to travel fast.”
Last year when I was still the new girl, Maddox and
Bethany slept together. The next day, she publicly claimed
she was his girlfriend, but he turned her down in front of
everyone by saying: You were a good lay but not good
enough to earn the title of my girlfriend.
It was harsh, and things turned ugly that day.
But Bethany was rich and spoiled as well as the
cheerleading captain. She was Miss Popular and gossip like
that didn’t affect her. Sure, her pride was wounded, but she
bounced back quickly and kept the title of queen bee.
She growled and lashed forward, backhanding me in the
face. I didn’t see it coming, and it hurt. The metallic taste