Chapter 21. Irritated

Never been needy

There's a first for everything

- Grady

I've been irritated and jealous since Jacqueline told me about the little loophole in the contract. I cursed at myself for not reading it properly before signing it. I thought Percy and me are meticulous contract experts, I guess we're just too eager to have her.

The contract was getting more and more meaningless in our eyes since we wanted her badly for ourselves. And since she mentioned her plan with her boyfriend, we were both determined to find our loophole. I thought we were irresistible that she wanted me, wanted us, and now realized that she valued money more... just like the rest of the world.

There was hate bubbling inside of me, and lust was creeping into the back of my mind the second I saw her between who I think was one of Ella's neighbors. Percy said that he saw Benji, Jacqueline's roommate when she was packing to st