Page 129 of Tainted Romance

"IT WAS ON THE CHEEK!" I grabbed the front door handle. "Thanks for all your help."

Jace stood there smugly. "Have fun at the meeting."

"You're joking, right?" I opened the door and walked out.

"REMEMBER TO THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS!" he yelled from the porch.

Yeah sure. He could joke about it. He didn't have someone else in his head.

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The meeting was as dull as I remembered they were. Alpha Harris went on and on about something. Mom listened intently to every word because any word from Alpha Harris was law, to her anyway.

Zane sat up the front on stage and pretended to be interested. Unless he really was interested, then someone shoot me because my mate likes boring conversations.

I was on my phone with an earbud in just in case Zane wanted to listen. All he would hear was me singing along to Metallica.

"Allie." Mom whacked my leg causing me to be back in the moment. I pulled my earbud out.

"What?"

"Alpha Harris is talking about you."

"Why?"

"Shush. Just listen."

"I'd rather not."

"Allie."

"Mother."

"At least pay attention."

I sighed and looked up. By the time I did, he wasn't talking about me anymore. I wondered briefly what he had said, then decided I didn't care.

'You could at least pretend to be interested.'

Zane. In my head again.

'You could at least get out of my head.'

'You bonded us.'

'I didn't do it on purpose.'

'Cam is going to ask you out. Say no.'

'Who the hell is Cam?'I didn't know this person, so how would they know me?

'He is staring at you right now. To your left.'

I glanced to my left and found apair of brown eyes watching me. As soon as our eyes locked, he looked away.

'How do you know he is going to ask me out?'

'He was asking me for advice. Say no.'

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