8. Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Blake
I thought about refusing, because the stupid asshole had just hurt my friend, but I didn’t want him causing a bigger scene. Better to get it over with. Plus, I didn’t want my friends listening.
I probably should have warned them I have a bodyguard.
As soon as we were out of earshot, I said, “What the fuck was that? You’re supposed to protect me, not hurt my friends.”
“I didn’t know he was your friend, and he was sneaking up on you.” He scanned the crowd over my head as he answered. “I did my job.”
“Well, you shouldn’t have.” I crossed my arms over my chest.
“That’s where you’re wrong, Princess. I absolutely should have,” he said. “And just so we’re on the same page, I’ll do it again if I have to.”
Who the fuck does he think he is, calling me Princess?
“Don’t call me Princess, asshole.”
The asshole grinned. “You need to tell your friends that you have a protection detail. Anyone assigned to you would’ve done the same.”
I didn’t think Maxwell would’ve tackled Danny. I hope she's assigned to me sooner rather than later .
“Maxwell wouldn’t have.” I sneered at him.
The asshole ogre had the balls to laugh. “Trust me, she would have. Don’t assume because she’s a woman she’s not willing or capable of taking down assholes who look like they’re about to attack you.”
I rolled my eyes and said, “He wasn’t trying to attack me. How many times do I have to tell you that?”
“How many times do I have to tell you it doesn’t matter what he was trying to do? What matters is what it looked like he was trying to do. He looked like he was going to attack you, and that’s all I had to go on.”
There was a part of me that knew he was right; AJ was doing the job my father paid him to do. So why was I so pissed off? Because I didn’t want him here. I didn’t ask for protection detail, and I sure as hell didn’t ask to be humiliated in the quad.
I pointed at his chest. “Wait until I tell my father about this. He’ll make sure you get fired.” I sounded like a petulant child, not a woman in her last year of law school.
“Do your best, Princess.”
He sounded so smug, and his big stupid grin made me want to punch his dumb face. But I didn’t believe in violence.
“Ugh!!” Clenching my fists, I screamed through gritted teeth before turning on my heels and marching away from him. When I rejoined my friends, I told them I was going home for the day.
I didn’t want to risk my big, dumb bodyguard tackling anyone else. It didn’t matter he hadn’t actually tackled Danny. I wouldn’t risk anymore embarrassing situations. And I want to tell my dad what he did.
Danny whined about me bailing on lunch again, so I told him I’d make it up to him. When Paige asked if I wanted to order takeout later for dinner, I admitted I wouldn’t be staying on campus for a while.
“What? Why?” Paige asked, her voice thick with disappointment.
“Does this have something to do with the Sasquatch who tackled me?”
It did, but I didn’t want to talk about it anymore.
“I’ll fill you guys in later. Right now, I just want to go home.”
At least there I wouldn’t have to deal with AJ.