51. A Shared Moment of Truth

AZURA.

It was so hard having to pretend that he had no effect on me when all I wanted was to be in his arms. My entire body reacted to just his presence being near, I felt giddy, and even breathing became difficult. The way that he had looked at me had made my core clench in desire, but Nikki’s presence had been a pretty good slap in the face. I had thankfully been able to keep control of myself and give him the cold shoulder.

I walked into the garden, gulping in a desperately needed mouthful of air.

I needed something to drink…

Jackie excused herself, so Song and I made our way over to the drinks bar. Both of us grabbing a non-alcoholic drink.

"So, was that her?" Song asked softly.

"Yup, that was her." I replied, downing my drink and sighing.

"I can’t believe she’s in red." Song murmured, trying to keep her voice down.

"Hmm, I guess it was purely coincidental." I replied.

Song frowned.

"I don’t like her, and something tells me it really wasn’t coincidental."

"Yeah, me neith