Love on Thin Ice
Vanessa Vance was already seated, looking exactly like the half a million follower influencer she was.
She wore a strapless emerald green gown that showed off every perfect curve, her blonde hair falling in immaculate, glossy waves around her face.
But it was her eyes that caught me they were a pale, crystalline blue, and they were fixed entirely on Jaxson with a look of desperate, practiced longing.
"Vanessa," Jaxson said, his voice completely flat.
He pulled out my chair for me, his large hand resting briefly on my shoulder as I sat down, a silent gesture of solidarity that didn't go unnoticed by the girl across from us.