A

as saucers by the time

ed, leaning ba

spered, her eyes sad an

not like I told you. You had absolutely no way of knowing what happened and even i

sing a tendril of hair that had fallen out of her pony

't eve

e party? I mean, there had been so many clues. For one, he'd been dressed in a tux, which hin

could I not

e was the quickest way to get his clothes off him so

d say that I

giving off a nonchalant vibe that I didn't feel. "Like you said, it's a big house. Maybe we won't bump int

simply the best

ch harder. Forgetting about him wasn't even an option at this point-I couldn't. Not couldn't like it was up to me and I just

ck

r and walking over to me. She gripped my hands in her

ou." I pause

king you uncomfortable

ckling. "Stop acting like t

n't believe me. And why would she when she'd clearly seen how fr

unblinking. If I wanted to convince her that it really

me. Thank fuck. I loved Bailey, but I didn't want to keep talking about Alex

ay. So we'll just... Can we go bac

, Balery really was ta

t's going to

nd as we walked out of the restroom, o

be hard sitting beside him all through the flight and even going to be harder not to think abou

't going to be an eas

shoulders and marched right to him like a w

ith Jack's other friends that were sitting right beside us on the other side of the aisle. I didn't

balls of heat over my form hungrily-and I dropped in my seat, I angled my body away from him as mu

on me as I brought my phone and

drifted over my ears like smoke, elici

seen that. But I still didn't answer him, w

a touch amused thi

rprised that they didn't meet halfway somewhere in my head-

e he tried to talk to me and I managed to hear it over the music. Childish, I know, but right now, my options we

t. Alex stayed back and insisted on helping me with my bag, but I was not done ignori

hat directly faced the beach. By the time we reached, the sun was just st

what the view would be like w

we made our way to the house, Balery and I walking i

s," I gasped. "I

came here last summer, I almost didn't want to leave. Alm

'd almost forgotten that

then I turned to holler at Ja

grin stamped on his face. "Please convince

olely on me even though his friend was talking to him. Ignoring the weird flip my stomach

as the second door on the left-and I was just about to g

thick hand, corded with veins, up unti