Ruthless knight

Snickering, I remove my hand. “You’re wasting a lot of hostility and resentment on someone who never cared about you.” I run my thumb along her cheekbone. “So why don’t you do yourself a favor and stop, because it reeks of desperation, you pathetic cunt.” 

Her obnoxious giggle is the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. “No less desperate or pathetic than that ugly porker. You embarrassed her in front of the entire school, told everyone you were upstairs with me that night instead of her, and she’s still obsessed with you.”  

Casey has it all wrong. Sawyer hasn’t even so much as looked my way since I publicly humiliated her.  

Can’t say I blame her. 

But it was the price I had to pay to protect her reputation….and mine. 

At least now she sees me for what I truly am. 

A ruthless, manipulating user who only cares about himself. 

“You’re the one who sounds obsessed, Casey. How many times do I have to say it? I never hooked up with her.”

She snorts. “You know what? I believe you. Because what guy in their right mind would hook up with her when they could have me? God, that beached whale is nothing more than a disgusting parasite. A fat, ugly blob who can’t stay away from you—”

My hand finds her mouth again. 

“You know what jealousy is, Casey?” Tilting my lips over her ear, I bite out, “It’s insecurity wrapped up in self-loathing, because deep down, you know you’re not good enough.” 

You never will be. 

However, if you’re lucky, you can become someone else. 

Someone everyone else wants to be, because that guy has it all. 

And all it cost him was an eternity in Hell, a dead twin brother, and one bitter black soul.