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,

close to his ear.

by a soft, "Yeah." A tingle shot through

gaze flickered over to

saw him-fists clenched, face shifting from pale to dark,

was about to say something when Demi's voice

and saw Jace walking away, then looked back

eyes. He probably

wrong. So, I didn't bother explaining myself. There was

"Mr. Hart, one of the guys knocked out the light in section C, group 7-3 while installing the equipment." Accidents are the last thing you want on a worksite, but

change. He just

walked off, acting like I wasn't even there. I stood there, awkward,

earlier, I was about to let out

eyes. They were calm and steady, like nothing

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

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bad. Such a

lately, I still cared about what was happening here, so I quickly followed

moving too fast or tripped over something, but suddenly

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