Vicious Liar: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Saint Juliet Academy Book 2) by A.J. Logan

Author:A.J. Logan [Logan, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

16

CADE

Well, this evening isn’t going as I’d imagined. It’s way too calm. There’s obviously something going on. Savannah and Neil are smiling, but it hasn’t escaped me that she’s avoiding Ava, who’s been off to the side of everything, not speaking to anyone. Even when we were in the Quarters for supper, which went off without a hitch. I guess I expected fire or something … and not just from the chef’s grill.

Morgan’s dancing in the center of the floor, not a care in the world. Or at least not showing one. Even when the music slows, she keeps a smile on her face and begins to walk off the floor. When I stop in front of her and hold my hand out, she rolls her eyes.

“One dance. Doesn’t mean anything. At least it shouldn’t.” I make a small attempt at some reverse psychology because I know her well enough to know she’s avoiding me when she doesn’t avoid anything. This is the girl who runs screaming and fighting into the battle even if she isn’t sure she can win. Though she always does. Because she doesn’t know how to lose.

Giving in to me, she turns and walks back to the dance floor, though she ignores my outstretched hand. I’m in front of her when I slide my hand over her hip and move it to her lower back, pulling her flush against me. She already knows it, but I tell her anyway, “You look beautiful.”

“Smooth, Crawford. Real smooth.” She bats her eyelashes at me. “Are you going to make some bullshit promise to me now and kiss me so I can feel all safe in your arms?”

“No. But I wouldn’t mind the kissing part.”

She leans forward, her lips almost to mine as her hands tighten on my shoulders. “I would.” I think she’s going to push me away but instead her arms loop around my neck as she relaxes against me. And I take the moment to tuck my face against her neck and just breathe her in. If only for a few seconds, I pretend she’s not going to make me suffer and push me away. Or worse, just finally officially be done with me.

“I missed you.”

“That makes one of us. Shut up and dance. That’s all this is.” We both know nothing is ever that simple between us. It can’t be. I hear Morgan snicker and then say, “Ah, the happy couple isn’t having a good time.”

It doesn’t take but a few seconds to spot what she finds so amusing. Lenny and Ava appear to be in a pretty heated argument. A few of the teachers, including my brother, walk over and try to diffuse the situation. Ava continues yelling at Lenny, who has a drunken, lazy I-don’t-give-a-fuck expression on his face. They’d started drinking long before we got here. I opted to stay sober because my mind is jacked up enough without a liquid influence.

Ava finally stops yelling at Lenny and heads in our direction. “I need to talk to you,” she tells Morgan.

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