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Mica nodded. “There’s something special about her. She outshines every puck bunny here with a single smile.”

I glanced hard at him. He lifted his hand up. “Whoa. I’m not crossing that line.”

“Sorry. I know.”

He pushed another shot towards me. It didn’t even burn on the way down.

“But it looks like Jensen is trying to cross that line.”

I lifted my eyes to the dance floor. Jensen led Zoey off the dance floor. She laughed and looked so damn cute, my gut clenched. “They’re just getting a drink.”

No, they were not. I watched in disbelief as they headed in the opposite direction of the bar and disappeared down the hallway that led to the washrooms and dark shadowy corners. I wasn’t a stranger to that hallway and all the things that happened there. No one was.

“Bullshit,” I stood up.

“Don’t hurt him,” Mica warned.

Hurt him? I wouldfinishhim.

I found them in the hallway. Jensen propped his hand against the wall, beside Zoey’s head, and he was bent over her, whispering something in her ear.

I walked right up to them, fueled with emotions I didn’t even want to examine. They both looked at me like I had no right to be there.

“What’s up, Parker?” Jensen’s eyes flashed with annoyance.

“I need to talk to Zoey.”

“Right now?”

“Right now.”

“Ryan, can it wait?” Zoey peered up at me.

“No,” I crossed my arms. “It can’t.”

Zoey’s nose crinkled, as she held eyes with Jensen. “Can you give us a minute?”

With reluctance he stepped back. I refused to step out of his way, so we stood there toe-to-toe for a lifetime before he finally stepped around me and disappeared.

I grabbed Zoey’s wrist and dragged her deeper into the shadows.

“Ryan,” she complained.

I spun around and loomed over her. “What do you think you’re doing?”

“What do you mean?”

“With Jensen. In this hallway. Alone.”

She gave a nonchalant shrug. “I thought he might want to kiss me.”

“Excuse me?”

“Well, you don’t want to.”

My eye twitched. “I told you already.”

She sighed. “So, you don’t want to kiss me, but I’m not supposed to kiss anyone else?”

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