Chapter 17

“Nobody will lay a finger on you this time. They will have to go through me before they can hurt you again.”

I was gaping at his kneeling form the whole time when he suddenly pushed to his feet and pulled my hair. It wasn’t particularly harsh but since I just recovered from a physical fight with Tatiana this morning, I gasped out loud, feeling the slight pain on my scalp.

I frowned at him and brushed my hair. “What’s wrong with you?”

Jupiter laughed, squeezing the other side of my cheek this time. I rose from my seat and screamed at him when his pinch tightened up. I tried swatting away his hand but his grip was too firm, I ended up whining out loud.

He continued laughing. “Just trying to make the blush on your cheeks even.”

“Let me go, you freaking bastard!”

“Never, bitch!” He said, the deepness in his voice vanished as it was replaced by a high pitched to