Royal Prick (A Stepbrother Romance #2)(19)
“I’ll see you later…” he whispered into her ear, jogging around the car, and getting in before I could leave without him. He had barely gotten in the car and his door closed when I slammed the car in reverse with much more force than needed. God, he was an *.
“Who pissed in your cornflakes?” His voice was so rough, and it caused parts of my body to tingle that shouldn’t. Royal scared me, but at the same time caused my body to awaken. I couldn’t think with him around nor could I be held responsible for the things that I did in his presence. I wasn’t myself when he was around.
“Just this guy named Royal, who thinks he can hook up with just about anything with a hole. Isn’t it enough for you that you have Sasha and most of the school eating out of your hands? Can you not just leave one f*cking person alone? Please.” I shot him a dirty look as I shoved a few pieces of lingering hair behind my ear. I looked both ways before pulling out of the parking lot, but I guess I was too focused on whatever it was that Royal was saying because I failed to notice the Dodge Charger pulling in at the same time I was backing out, the front of my car nailing the Charger’s rear taillight.
“Fuck!” I cursed, putting the car in park. My first accident and it’s all Royal’s fault. The driver of the Dodge Charger rolled her window down and I just rolled my eyes. Of course it would be her. Could my day get any f*cking worse? My stomach twisted into a knot as I took in the disgusted look plastered on Sasha’s face. Her and her groupies were staring at me like I just committed murder right in front of them.
“Chill out; it’s okay. I’ll deal with her. You just sit tight; it’ll only be a minute.” Royal’s demeanor changed. A switch flipped somewhere in him. He placed his hand on top of mine as if he was trying to reassure me, and then he leaned over to speak to his little girlfriend. My eyes lingered on his hand against mine; the warmth that it brought me, the crazy feelings it made me feel.
“We’re going to need your insurance information, babe.” He smiled at her, giving her his sexiest smile and a wink.
“Excuse me, but your bitch of a sister needs to pay attention to where she is going. I had the right of way…” Sasha lashed out, her friends adding fuel to the already explosive fire as they all chimed in with their own opinions from the back seat. I was in no mood to take her f*cking shit today. If she wanted to be a difficult little bitch, then fine, but I wasn’t going to be the one to deal with it.
I heard Royal inhale a deep breath and then release it, as if he was trying to calm himself. He too annoyed just as much as I was. Royal glared at Sasha, which surprised me. I couldn’t blame him for being annoyed with her. Just looking at her pissed me off. However, things were different today, Royal never sided with me and yet here he was being all nice and shit.
“Just because you consider yourself the queen of the county, doesn’t mean you always have the right of way.” I rolled my eyes, pulling my hand out from under Royal’s so that I could get my insurance information from the glove box.
A horn blared from behind me. My gazed drifted to the rearview mirror where I could see a line of cars forming. Didn’t they realize that a car had been hit? Idiots.
“If it wasn’t against the law, I would beat the hell out of you right now.” I could hear the hate in her words and decided I was done listening to her shit.
“Go for it,” I growled, ignoring Royal and everyone else that was behind me as I stepped from the car, pushing my door open. I was totally going to give her a run for her money. That bitch couldn’t even tie her shoelaces without assistance.
“Royal. Make your dumb, bratty ass sister get back in her car and go back to the royal palace. She can’t handle someone like me.” Sasha shot Royal a smile, and when I looked at him over my shoulder I could see the coldness in his eyes.
“Enough, Sasha!” I could tell he wasn’t f*cking around when he spoke.
“Seriously, Royal? You’re sticking up for her?” she whined, and my ears started to bleed. God how I wished she would go the hell away.
“That is the most unattractive f*cking thing I have ever witnessed!” I couldn’t help myself; the words came from my mouth without warning. The beeping behind us continued, each blare of the horn was like a knife to the pounding that started to form in my head. Royal shifted his attention between me and the car that was honking.
“Better get moving along, Noelle.” I could practically see Sasha’s forked tongue slither out of her mouth.
“You’re such a bitch! It’s no wonder you constantly have to be sleeping with someone. You can’t hold a conversation to save your life, and have you seen yourself… I mean…”
“Noelle!” A stern voice said my name interrupting me from finishing my tirade.
“Royal!” I turned on him, furious with the entire situation. His lips lifted into a tight smile. What the hell was he smiling about? I couldn’t find one thing worth smiling about in this entire situation.
“I’ll get the information for the insurance to you right away, but right now you need to leave.” Royal didn’t give her a chance to say anything. Instead he got out of the car and came around to the driver’s side where I was standing, grabbing me by the hand and guiding me over to the passenger side of the vehicle before I could make a bigger mockery out of myself.