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?"

gave a

in close

his Adam's apple move, followed by a soft, "Yeah." A

flickered over to

him-fists clenched, face shifting from pale to dark, his eyes stormy before he finally turned

of Hayden and was about to say something

walking away, then

couldn't meet his eyes. He probably thought

he wasn't wrong. So, I didn't bother explaining myself. There was no

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

didn't change. He just

turned and walked off, acting like I wasn't even there. I stood there, awkward, unsure if I

earlier, I was about to let out a deep breath

calm and steady, like nothing had ever

emotions in check. Just moments ago, he'd been

Chapter 216

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come see this. It's bad. Such

been around much lately, I still cared about what was happening here, so I quickly

fast or tripped over something,

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