All Chapters of The Deal With Him: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

His mouth dropped dramatically and pointed one finger to his chest as if saying 'Me?' but Nate shook his head and praised us to get ready.I moved where they pointed, away from where the fight for the ball will happen and just wondering in case they needed support or something. Still not sure about this whole thing, I watched their bodies crashed from afar and flinch to myself. Thank God I wasn't there. And considering I was way smaller than them...Startling me out my trance I watched the ball suddenly flew up, making a perfect arc on the sky straight towards... me. Oh my God!All those times finally kicked in and my body responded before I could throw the order. I took a few strides back to be on the arch's end, accompaning the impact with my arms and receiving all its force on my chest with another step backwards. A rush of joy burned in my chest and I lift my gaze, meeting Olly's from afar as he yelled me something but I was too ecstatic."You've seen that?! I catch it! I- uh." I

NateWhat am I doing? What the fuck am I doing?It kept repeating in my head as I slowly pulled Letty to a stop next to Kimberly's house. On the driver seat, Hailey's jaw dropped at the sight of the three-story mansion, Victorian stile with more garden than house. "Oh my God.""Obnoxious, right?" Kimmy grimaced following her gaze from the backseat. Her lips tightly pressed.It was, I believe, the fist honest comment she'd said through the whole ride here. She didn't take well Hailey coming with... she didn't take well giving up the passenger seat. But her stop was earlier so it would have been stupid having her changing seats once we drop the princess home.But she'd made sure to show off how much this new disposition upset her. Another one of her tantrums, no big deal. What worried me was that she was making Hailey uncomfortable. I was already having second thoughts about this tutoring to also have to worry about Kimmy being rude."N-no." Hailey stuttered, thinking she'd offended Kim

HaileyWhen I finally made my way downstairs, I was already dreading this whole plan. The analyzing look my mother gave me as soon as I stepped into the salon didn't help either. Ted was in the living room as well, but didn't even glance at me, too focused on whatever video game he was playing.Her eyes narrowed over her glasses as she closed the book on her lap, shifting in her seat to be able to give me that motherly look of utter concern-disapproval she was so good at."Nope." I shook my head before she could even open her mouth. "I'm not going to hear it.""I haven't said anything.""You're thinking it." I grimaced. "I can hear the wheels rolling.""And what am I thinking?"I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. "You think it's too short, too uncovering and that if I can't impress them without showing too much then I shouldn't try at all."Her brow perked and she turned her attention back to the book, but I could tell she wasn't reading for the hint of a satisfied smile tugging her

HaileyAnd I did find a drink. Hell, if I did.I sent a quick text to Vickie, not getting into the details, but telling them I'd run into someone and wouldn't be making it to the movie yet. Or ever! He was there, probably cuddling with Karen, being all lovey-dovey while in his perverted mind he was probably thinking about any other girl.I could see all the signs now. All those secret meetings, his anxiety about me telling anyone... He never had any intention of breaking up with Karen. He was probably bored or whatever and wanted to add emotion to their long time relationship. 'Emotion' as in messing with my feelings. Leading me on when there was obviously nothing to be lead to. I'd been his plaything to spike his actual love life.And I believed every word like a bloody moron!I thought it was sadness what crushed my chest and tightened around my throat like a deathly lace... but. It wasn't sadness, it was anger. Red burning ire that flowed through my veins like liquid fire. Mad at

But I just held Kimberly gaze. She was daring me again, almost mocking. No one believed I could do it. That the plain goody two shoes me could do something like body shots. I was sick and tired of being the boring one, the one left behind. And I got this boldness from alcohol and the perspective of Nate's lips this close... I turned to him and gulping the hesitation I smiled instead. "It's fine. I want to."Nate still looked a bit unsure so I decided to take action. I'd never done body shots before, so I didn't know how to do it without looking like a creep. Instead of embarrassing myself, I decided to play the bodyshot part and brushed my hair off my shoulders, exposing the modest cleavage only that now it felt a lot more daring. Blood burned in my veins when Nate's gaze lingered there and his hold on me tightened. From the corner of my eye I saw Trish frowned and scooped away, but my attention was suddenly overwhelmed in a turmoil of sensations. Kimberly got up to give us more spa