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spun around, and sure enough, there was Jace. He shot a glance my way but aimed his question at Demi. "Where are you headed?"

"Keira's got ulcers. I'm grabbing her some spray and meds," Demi replied, not missing a beat.

The moment she finished, Jace made a beeline for me,

"Have you not been drinking enough water?" he asked,

He knew me too well. My body had a thing for overheating if I didn't stay hydrated, which meant plenty of water and porridge-like meals. Skip either of those, and I'd be dealing with nosebleeds or mouth ulcers. After ten years together, Jace had all my quirks down pat

But hearing him bring it up now felt like some twisted reminder of what he'd told Steve-that we "just know each other too well",

"To well" that I no longer intrigued him. Not like that Tanya did.

"Mr. Johnston, is there something you need?" I shot back my voice icy and formal, ignoring his question altogether.

Jace's face darkened. He opened his mouth to say something, but then he caught sight of Hayden beside me. His expression tightened before he turned back to me. "Come over here. We need to talk."

what he wanted, but with Hayden standing right there, this wasn't the place. So, I followed Jace a few

when I stopped, cutting him off. "I'm on a tight schedule. If you've got something to say, spit

this on purpose, aren't you? Trying

blindsided me, and I was left

another guy just to spite me,

words were loaded, hitting me with so many implications that it took a second for them to

visit. But what threw me

his head.

as he was. It got under

narrowed, clearly

bitter laugh. "You'd even go after

"I've told you before, Tanya and

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with this argument. "Whatever you two have going on, it's got nothing to do with

""Is this just your

with me? Is that why you keep dragging this out?" Jace shot back,

tell yourself, fine. Didn't you say we just know each other too well? Too well that you're not interested anymore?" I brought it up again because that wound was still fresh. Jace's hand, hanging by his side, curled slightly into

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