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Even more so was the fact that, as Joss so bluntly pointed out, I had rudely kept answering the phone instead of switching it off The truth was I’d been enjoying Adaotten ht at his apartain I wanted a reaction fro hione from hot to ice cold He tried not to be alone with s you’d chat to a perfect stranger about It had been wearing onwithheadache I couldn’t see to lay et nice Ellie, sweet Ellie, the Ellie everyone knew and liked Adaet crabby Ellie, tired Ellie, the Ellie with the bitter, broken heart
While Braden detained Joss after a small skirmish about her dress (my brother was such an alpha-male idiot sometimes) Adam led me up to a private booth across from the bar I slid in one side and was surprised when Adam sat down quite close toyour one meter distance rule with ht"
"Not any night"
His eyes flashed "You knohy I don’t date, Ellie? So I don’t have to put up with this shit It’s like being in a fucking relationship without the benefits"
Hurt, I gave hi in a friendship you broke"
Having successfully spreadawful rier at his
Adam was about to respond whento escape our arguave her a look that told her to plant her bottom down beside us and save him from me
I was almost as relieved as he hen she sat down ondrinks sent over," she said, her eyes taking in all the guests "I didn’t realize he had other friends appearing tonight I thought it was just us and random people"
"No," I replied absente between my brain and mouth to snap "Soirls love clubbing He invited theuy friends"
It wasn’t until Ada at?" and I turned to see hiaze and saw Joss had frozen at my careless coetically, "Oh crap, Joss, I didn’t …"
"Let’s get drunk," she announced overly cheerily and I felt unbelievably guilty forher feel uncoood idea Let’s just wait for Braden," Ada tiuests and the tension at our table grew so thick we all sought to escape it Joss and I headed for the dance floor, and I kept her coet soht of Adam and felt that oh so fa a black shirt, rolled up at the sleeves, with black dress trousers It was siht he looked hot as he leaned into a girl as sitting on a stool at the other end of the bar She had her head tilted back while Adam braced one hand on the bar and leaned in to whisper in her ear She laughed and he lifted his face so they were alh to kiss Whatever he h soften to a flirtatious smile and I felt that burn in my throat transforaze Adam’s head lifted and our eyes met I’d never found it easy to hideparticularly deeply and I hurried to look away before he caught it
"What can I get you?" One of the bartenders finally approached me
"Bottle of water," I replied, my voice hoarse with pain and he had to lean in for me to repeat the order Just as I handed him money for the water, I felt a hand on ne hit me seconds before his mouth brushed my ear
"Els," Adam said quietly, his voice thick with emotion
I didn’t kno to respond My eyes fixed doard on the bottle as I tried to controlcloser and closer to forcing our situation into so the truth out there
"Sweetheart, look athis face for answers I kneasn’t ready to give ive me
He lifted his hand frotheirI’ve ever seen," he naled another round on this nals I reared back fro "Don’t"
He dropped his hands "Ellie--"
I gestured to the girl at the other end of the bar as now throwing invisible daggers e of shocked murmurs and shouts interrupted him and we both turned to look over his shoulder to see Braden rearing back froasped
Adam immediately took off to be by his friend’s side and I followed,for Braden Gavin had been his and Adarown up into a prize arsehole Braden, for some reason, felt loyalty to hio when he’d slept with Analise and betrayed Braden
Noas in his nightclub?
"That is Gavin" Braden threw Joss a disgusted look "The friend who fucked Analise<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>