Chapter 52

CORNELIUS

If this wasn’t hell I didn’t know what was.

“Connor pass the bread”, Nicole mocked and I bit my lip with frustration passing the damn bread.

I tried to stare at her from across the table but Lydia wouldn’t budge. She had seen me kissing Nicole’s friend and stormed away in silence.

Technically I wouldn’t exactly call it kissing, Masha or Tasha or whatever name she went by had basically lunged in my arms faster than I could say stop and as if the universe was against me, Lydia happened to pop up from nowhere.

Cain clicked his glass with a damn spoon and I didn’t give two shits about what he wanted to talk about. He stood up, telling everyone thank you for attending and all that gaba gaba but I was too gilded by anxiety to actually listen.

I whipped my phone from my pants, pulling up her contact.

Can we talk?

Her phone buzzed but she didn’t as much as give it a glance.

She kissed me.

Talk to me.

Look at me, for fuck’s sake.

She didn’t and I forced myself to pretend that whatever