Like You Care: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Devilbend Dynasty Book 1) by Kaydence Snow

Author:Kaydence Snow [Snow, Kaydence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sonder Publishing Pty Ltd
Published: 2020-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Donna had been silently pacing the length of her massive bedroom for a solid five minutes, her footsteps soft on the luxurious white carpet. She had her arms crossed, a deep frown on her face.

Amaya was leaning against Donna’s desk by the window, staring at the floor intently. Harlow was on the bed next to me, her legs drawn up to her chin.

I shifted uneasily, worried about staining Donna’s white sheets with my still wet and messy uniform. As if I didn’t have enough to obsess over already.

The three of them had stayed in their booth until most of the other customers had cleared out. They hadn’t budged while I worked. Only when Leah sent me home, an hour before close, did they get up and follow me outside.

I’d tried to tell them my mom was about to pick me up and I couldn’t hang out, but Donna informed me she’d already called my mom and told her I was staying the night at their place. She marched over to her white BMW and opened the passenger door. I didn’t have the energy to argue.

The drive to the nice side of Devilbend—the side with tall gates and trimmed hedges—had been tense and silent. Donna had driven fast, taking corners at unsafe speeds and gripping the steering wheel tightly.

Now we were all piled in her bedroom, several carefully placed lamps casting the opulent space in a warm, soft glow, and still no one had spoken.

My left knee bounced. I couldn’t stand not knowing what was going through her head, but I couldn’t bring myself to ask. I sighed and leaned my elbows on my knees, digging my nails into my hair.

My movement must’ve snapped Donna out of it; the sound of pacing stopped. I looked up, my body still bent over itself.

Donna stood in the middle of her room, frowning at me, her hands on her hips. “Mena, what the fuck was that?”

I opened my mouth, no idea how to answer, but what came out wasn’t words. It was a sob.

Tears came so quickly and so intensely they took my breath away.

Harlow scooted closer and wrapped her arms around me, while Donna kneeled on the floor and took my hands.

“I’m sorry.” Her voice sounded strained.

I glanced at Harlow to see her own eyes were glassy. Amaya was still at Donna’s desk, but she was breathing hard, a look of deep worry on her face.

“Mena, I’m sorry.” Donna squeezed my hands. “I didn’t mean to attack you. I’m just so angry. I can’t believe those assholes treated you like that. Please, just tell me what’s going on.”

I took a few shuddering breaths, and even though my heart was in my throat, I told them everything.

The ignoring and exclusion.

The mean comments and taunts.

All the shit on social media—the messages sent to me. At this, Amaya dug my phone out of my bag and demanded my password. I keyed it in, any resistance to them learning the whole ugly truth gone. She scrolled through, her eyes widening, her teeth clenching, her hand eventually covering her mouth in horror.

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