Chapter 216

Hayden went totally stiff in my arms. After a few seconds, he mumbled, "Are you pitying me?"

"I feel bad for you," I corrected.

He didn't say anything, and he definitely didn't hug me back, which made things way more awkward.

Right when I was about to let go, I glanced up and saw Jace standing a few feet away.

Wait, he was here?

I

And of course, Demi didn't bother giving me the heads-up.

I was about to drop Hayden's hand, but instead, I squeezed it tighter. He tried to pull away, but I held on.

Don't move."

He stopped. I kept holding his hand as I asked, "You're working late again tonight?"

a quiet,

stood on my tiptoes, leaning in close to his ear. "I've been

by a soft, "Yeah." A tingle

over to where Jace

shifting from pale to dark, his eyes stormy before he finally turned

of Hayden and was about to say something when Demi's voice rang out from

and saw Jace walking away, then looked

meet his eyes. He probably thought

So, I didn't

came running up, out of breath. "Mr. Hart, one of the guys knocked out the light in section C, group 7-3 while installing

He just said, "Let's

off, acting like I wasn't even there. I

my childish act earlier, I was about to let out a deep breath when

were calm and steady,

moments ago, he'd been upset, but

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Such a headache," Demi called out,

been around much lately, I still cared about what was

I was moving too fast or tripped over something, but suddenly

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