Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde
Author:Jacklyn Hyde [Hyde, Jacklyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-23T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 23
VLAD
âAubrey?â
She rolls her eyes, muttering obscenities under her breath, and I canât help the irrational jealousy that spreads. She would tell George whatâs bothering her and seek his help, but not me? Why?
The only person it could possibly be is that infernal male I wish would die a horrible death. The fact that he touched her before I did is enough to make me want to decapitate him. The moment she became mine, his grave was dug for hurting her at allâthe fool just continues to move up his own expiration date.
âItâs nothing I canât handle.â
âIâve never thought you were incapable.â The notion that she will not trust me rankles.
We walk for a few moments in silence, and she clears her throat. âCan I ask you a question?â
Iâm going to regret this. âWhat do you want to know?â I take her hand in mine and pull her along toward the castle.
âHow old are you?â she blurts. âWeâve been sleeping together for a week, and I donât even know how old you are.â
âIâm twenty-nine.â At least, I look that old in human years. I am actually over centuries old, and havenât aged a day since I matured.
I dislike that I have to keep the truth from her, and it is becoming harder to repress this need I have to be around her always. Itâs bad enough she seems to be pulling away because she knows so little about me. I frown with the knowledge that there isnât much I wonât do to keep her in my bed and in my arms.
âNow, how is the shithead causing you stress?â I ask, batting my eyelashes. I just want her to open up on her own.
She laughs as she says, âThat didnât last long.â Her lips twitch, curving up slightly for a brief moment. âChad posted a picture of me with a friend, but itâs not very . . . appropriate? I guess thatâs the best word. People are upset and so my phone has been going off like crazy ever since.â
âSo they are upset that he posted a picture of you?â
She groans. âI guess it is time I tell you about Chad.â
âMmhm.â
I slide my hands into my coat pockets and gesture for her to walk with me, nodding toward the pines near the back of the estate. She follows my direction, and the snow crunches beneath our boots to leave behind prints.
âI met Chad in college, and now that I think back, Iâm pretty sure it was totally set up by our parents,â she begins, talking with her hands as she walks. âAnyway, Iâd started up a blog and video, not thinking it would turn into anything. I was making these shorts of the beach where my parents and I went on vacation, wanting to use them to set up a sort of online real-life travel guide. I stupidly agreed to let him help after theyâhim, and his parents, I meanâshowed up there randomly.â She scoffs, her nose scrunching up. âWhat a joke.
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