Rattlesnake

"You know your dad's a piece of shit, don't you?" Liam says anyway, ignoring my warning. Nukea scoffs. She looks a little weirded out, but mostly unfazed.

"Well, duh," she replies, rolling her eyes. Liam lets out a real laugh, "But I'm emancipated now. That man is no longer my father."

"That's great... anyway, are you girls here on your own?" Liam asks, looking from Nukea to her friend and then back to our table, "You should join us. We're all single, good looking men. We would love some company.”

I'm about to say something to stop this idiot and avoid the possibility of Nu saying yes, but I don't have to.

"Actually, we're waiting for someone, so we have to go, but thank you," Nukea’s friend says with an extremely fake smile before squeezing Nukea's arm again to pull her, "Mister Theodore, thank you for helping my friend. That's all we wanted to say."

"Yeah... enjoy your meal, Mister Next Alpha," Nu murmurs without meeting my eyes and gives me a small sarcastic bow that makes Liam l