ILYANA’S POV“I know he’s fine, but please, he’s not all that,” Atasha said, snapping her fingers in front of my face and pulling me out of my slightly embarrassing staring session.Ryder glanced at her the moment she spoke, a slow smirk tugging at his lips, his gaze lingering just a second too long before he looked away like he didn’t care. But he clearly did. Atasha walked over to me quickly, and I pulled her a little closer, lowering my voice.“How do you know him?”“Him?” she asked, following my gaze as if she didn’t already know exactly who I meant, then she scoffed lightly, “He’s just a friend.”“A friend from where?” I pressed, because nothing about the way Ryder was looking at her felt like “just a friend.”“Don’t worry about him,” she said immediately, waving it off too fast, “Ignore him and let’s focus on the mission at hand. Not men again.”I opened my mouth to push further, but I let it go, stealing another glance at Ryder instead. His attention wasn’t even on me anymore.
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