"It went well. Her mother was doting on me." He said this without looking at me. "You met the guy?" He nodded his head. "He doesn’t like me." "I can only imagine. But did he act on it?" "No. He was quiet the whole night." "And Zoey?" "She shut off her emotions, so I had no idea, but she was sm
My body was tired, and so were my ears. Kairo had been talking nonstop, and I wanted to regret taking him with me. That was a joke. I was glad he was with me because he was more social than me and did all the talking to get us here. And now we are here. I wondered if she was still awake. I paid f
JACE. I called Tyler since it was already almost noon in the territory, and after making sure there were no issues, we ate a bit of what Dad prepared for us before we decided to hang out on the rooftop. Kairo and I carried cans of beer and settled on the topmost part of the roof, where we could s
"I don’t know, Dad. I didn’t want to, but at that time my mind went blank except for the part that I wanted to protect Amara and Ice from the consequences of the rejection. I was afraid Ice would take all the hit if the rejection hung in the air." "I couldn’t blame you on that. Did you take all the
"I don’t want you to hate her. Put all the blame on me." "I want to believe I raised you well." "I’m sure it was Clair that raised me well." I chuckled as I blinked back my tears. Dad would always tell me how proud he was of me, and without saying that directly now, I could still feel it, and it
AMARA. I slipped past the bodies grinding and dancing in the middle of the dance floor and found the right side of the bar empty. I sat in the high chair and ordered a Long Island iced tea while letting my eyes roam around the bar. It was dark, with neon lights illuminating the bar and disco balls
"Hey!" I greeted them before handing the vodka in my hand to the girls and grabbing the drinks given to them and placing them back in the hands of the guys who gave them to them. "I don’t think they are up for free drinks tonight." I smiled cheekily at them, although I felt like a party pooper. "So
JACE. Dad insisted we let Mom know, but I didn’t want to. Not yet. Not that I didn’t trust Mom, but a part of me didn’t want her to be disappointed with me or Amara. I wanted to fix this first so that when I told her everything, I would have good news to offer her. It was enough that she cried for