Page 60 of Broken Ties (Rixon High 4)

His eyes narrowed, sharp and assessing. “Seriously? You wandered into town and thought, ‘I want to see a movie.’”

“Yep.”

Liar.

“I swear you get weirder everyday. Well, if we’re really doing this, I’m getting some popcorn.”

“Sounds good.” I glanced at the ticket attendant guarding the entrance to the screens.

I hadn’t thought this through. If they were sitting in the back row, what the hell was I going to do? And if Cole spotted them…

Fuck.

I’d told her to date Eli. I’d said that. But the thought of him in there, his arm wrapped around her shoulder, his mouth anywhere near hers, it sent me into a quiet rage.

Because Poppy was important to me. She was one of my best friends. And I only wanted good things for her.

The best things.

I was only doing what any guy would do for a girl who was like a sister to him.

Who the hell was I kidding? I wasn’t fueled by some familial need to protect her—although that was a part of it—I was jealous.

Wildly, dangerously jealous.

And rather than let her spread her wings and date Eli, which would be hard enough to witness, I apparently wanted a firsthand view of it.

“Okay, all set. I got some candy too.”

I frowned at Cole. “Yeah, okay. Let’s go.”

My heart crashed in my chest as we showed the attendant our tickets.

This was a bad idea.

Such a bad fucking idea.

But there was no going back now.

The last couple of days had been a complete shitshow.

I might as well have ended them on a high.

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