CHAPTER 68

LUKE

Once that scrawny blond prick was out of the picture, I didn't waste any time. I pulled Jess away from the crowd, finding a hidden corner in the club behind some purple curtains.

Privacy was all I wanted, enough of it to ask her what the hell she was thinking letting a stranger touch her like that! Not after Bryan... She should know better, and be on guard. I wasn't about to let her get caught up in any more

bullshit tonight. Last time I should have stopped it and didn't, then look what happened. Not tonight. But as I tried to yank the damn curtain closed, it got stuck on something. I tugged again, harder this time, but it wouldn't budge. I was about to rip it right off the railings wher I heard a chuckle behind me and found Jessica stifling a laugh and folding her arms across her chest with a smirk. "I mean, curtain one and Luke zero..." Jessica shrugged and it infuriated

1. me.

I didn't see what was so funny but for some reason, I wanted to smile... I turned on her, closing the space between us in a single step. She was so close that her nose almost brushed my chest. "What the hell are you doing with that guy?" I demanded.

Jess crossed her arms over her chest, huffing like I was the one being ridiculous. "I should be asking what the hell that was out

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ground and a part

said, biting back the

but I didn't care. "You weren't going to kiss him. Relax, I just helped you

eyes narrowed, and she squared her shoulders like she was ready to go toe-to-toe with me. "I was," she

repeated, my voice flat and certain. But Jess stood her ground, defiance sparking in her

she insisted, her tone full of

you were," I conceded, but the second the words left my mouth, she

"I wasn't," she snapped.

satisfied that I just won that little debate. "I know you weren't," I said, letting my voice drop to a lower, more

as she processed what

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let her

ever before and it was... distracting. "What, Luke?" she snapped, her voice biting, cutting right through even though the music was

Her breath hitched, and before either of us could'think twice, my mouth found hers, crashing into a kiss. I half ex I walked us back, guiding her until she hit the wall behind the curtain.

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