Playing Dirty
He doesn’t push me away right away, doesn’t look surprised, just looks at me, up close, too close, with that calm that gets under my skin more than any punch.
“Does it bother you that much?” he murmurs.
“Everything about you bothers me,” I snap, “that attitude, that face like nothing matters, like you didn’t just destroy someone.”
I tighten my grip.
“You know what I think?” I add. “That all of this is a front, that whole perfect player act is just a show.”
His eyes shift, just slightly.
“Maybe,” I continue, lowering my voice, “girls aren’t enough for you.”
The silence turns thick.