Chapter 197: SHUNNED: FLYNN

Shortly afterward, I could see he was uncomfortable at being rejected and when he wasn't getting the attention he was used to, so he made his excuses and went back to his own party. I turned to Valerie, "You had the hots for him, I saw you," I said, not sure whether to be glad she blew him off or worried that I'd seen something in her eyes I'd never seen before.

"Honestly? All right, I did... before he spoke," she chuckled, "He's just killed every teenage fantasy I had since I was fourteen. What an ass," she said, her lips curving into a smile.

Grabbing her by her waist, I turned and led her over toward the glass dance floor, "Come with me, I need to hold and claim my woman; I want to show everyone who you came here with. If another one of those dude's hits on you, they're gonna find my foot firmly wedged up their asshole," I said, in all seriousness.