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He was absolutely right and that just made me feel even worse

I spent the rest of the dinner sulking, and to his credit Adam still offered to pay for the entire bill I couldn’t let him do that, so I paid forsuch a jerk He droveout of the car and dashing inside, but for so out front decked out in a whole lot of denim and spikes, he decided that he had to park and walk me in

I wanted to tell him that it was unnecessary I had been to plenty of these shows over the past year, and while uys could care less about me They were here for the h for one day, so I let Adauide me up to the front doors I didn’ttickets I was on the list

She double-checked my name and wrapped a bracelet around my wrist that said I was over twenty-one She looked questioningly at Adaed and paid for a ticket He stood out like a sore thu around, and I didn’t have the heart to tell hiot inside We had to wait in a little bit of a line to get to the front doors, and I tried to tell hiband, I knew that Jet would have arranged for them to have one of the VIP tiers up in the balcony by the bar It took a little work, and a lot of waiting for Adauys who looked like they ate glass and roup

Shaas pressed up against Rule and looked cute in a black dress with pink polka-dot hearts scattered all across it Rule’s nod to the holiday was to have dyed the front of his dark hair a shocking hot pink Only a guy like Rule could rock pink hair and not have to give a second thought to getting his ass kicked

Nash was in a deep conversation with Cora, who lookedto get his attention It was to no avail, because as soon as Jet’s gaze locked on Ada our way over, those dark eyes went pitch-black and the gold on the outside started burning like embers I had to s a luure out why he was so , he pushed away fro to me or anyone else

I stiffened auto "Hey, girl, you look great"

I cleared my throat and waved a hand around the table "Adam, this is everyone, everyone, this is Adam"

I didn’t wait to see if anyone talked to hiaze on Rowdy andpast ht tall boy I put ht and crossed my arms over my chest

"What’s Jet’s probleruntled kid and I think he could tell, because he just smiled at me and tipped the beer up

"You should probably ask him"

Annoyed, I poked hi you He’s been acting pissed off all week What’s going on with him?"

He moved the beer and narrowed his eyes at me Roas your typical blond-haired, blue-eyed, perfectly sculpted God’s gift to wo just below the surface of that ocean-colored gaze that let people know there was ood time There were depths beyond all that tattooed skin and perfectly coiffed hair I didn’t know him as well as some of the others, but in him I felt a kindred spirit I didn’t bother to try to define

"It’s Valentine’s Day, Ayd, and you showed up looking like a goddauy that dresses like soo ask hi past time that the two of you have an honest conversation, before one of you--or both of you--end up doing soe to the other"

I sucked in a hard breath betweenband was starting their set, so I knew Jet would have gone backstage to o I looked overat Rule like he was an alien fro up to hiet it, and even if I had tried to otten it

"Will they letthe way you look right now, nobody in their right ive him a smile for that "Will you keep an eye on Adam? Make sure Rule doesn’tstupid, like move to Antarctica"

He nodded briefly and went back to his beer "I got you covered, Ayd"