“Well, you don’t look any different from usual, but you just seemed sober. Forgive me for my mistake.” Jia Li rolled her eyes. If he wanted to be drunk, that was his prerogative. She didn’t really approve, but she wasn’t going to control him. He wasn’t hers, and she wasn’t his. They weren’t even friends, not really.
“Yeah… Yours tends to smell like whisky.” She mumbled when he made his gift-horse comment. She was glad that girl was gone and that she hadn’t seen the dryad’s face, but it was still awkward. Growling like a dog wasn’t exactly appropriate library behavior, either. Jia Li respected libraries, and, conformist or not, she liked to adhere to its rules. It was a given that libraries remain respectfully quite, so all speaking should be in hushed tones. It was a good thing the acoustics in this building were terrible, or he would have drawn a lot of attention to them.
Jia Li watched as he pulled out his flask and took a drink, like he needed his nerves calmed or something. Maybe she’d hit a nerve. It was sort of what she wanted. She didn’t want him to stress out and drink, but she wanted him to show who he really was, the person he’d proven he really was. The dryad waited until he’d swallowed, and her lips parted to speak again, but he grabbed her and pulled her toward him.
It took a second for a mind to process what was happening. The taste of his whisky entered her mouth as his tongue probed against her. She almost reciprocated the kiss, but she felt the wooden shelving digging into her back when he pushed her against it. The books she’d been cradling between her arm and her side fell to the floor when he grabbed her chest. This wasn’t the gentle or passionate side she’d experienced. This was a lot more akin to when he’d been trying to scare her into thinking he would really rape her. She tried to push against him, to escape him, but he was stronger than she was.
Her heart hammered in her chest when he said he wanted her, her mind barely registering his words before he felt herself shoved to the floor in front of him. Her eyes widened when his fingers tangled in her hair tightly while his other hand revealed his cock to her. She could smell his masculine scent, but she was actually afraid right now. This was way too public a place, and she’d never really… been this close to a guy’s naked manhood before this. Was it natural for guys to be that big?
Her hands immediately gripped his legs, just above the knees, to enable her to keep her distance if he tried to push her forward or if he tried to push his hips toward her. Jia Li didn’t think he’d actually try to force her to suck his cock, but she was afraid he’d touch himself to her lips, and that really just wasn’t acceptable – especially not like this, under these circumstances.
Then he called her a slut and tried to act like she actually wanted this. Why are you so afraid to face who you really are? His point came to her loud and clear, but she hadn’t been trying to make him into someone he wasn’t. It didn’t exactly apply to this situation. The virginal dryad was in no way a slut, and she had no desire to turn into one. Casual encounters weren’t really her thing, and almost having sex with Jack that one time had been a mistake born of low self-esteem when he’d shown her a little kindness.
Then he let her go and stuff himself back into his pants. Jia Li let loose a breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding, but her heart continued to beat rapidly beneath her breast. She was left shaking while he started to walk away.
Jia Li rose to her feet and stormed toward him, intercepting him again. She placed her hand on his chest and lightly shoved him back, the fury she felt blazing in her eyes. “First of all, if you want to make points, don’t fucking use me to do it! I’m not some cheap toy you can play with until you get bored again, got it? I’m a living, breathing being, and I am not going to just bend over and willingly take whatever you have an urge to give.” The dryad took a deep breath. “Secondly, I’m not trying to mold you into some fucking perfect man who can do nothing bad. You showed me the way you really are.”