CHAPTER 68
LUKE
Once that scrawny blond prick was out of the picture, I didn’t waste any time. I pulled Jess away from the crowd, finding a hidden corner in the club behind some purple curtains.
Privacy was all I wanted, enough of it to ask her what the hell she was thinking letting a stranger touch her like that! Not after Bryan… She should know better, and be on guard.
I wasn’t about to let her get caught up in any more bullshit tonight. Last time I should have stopped it and didn’t, then look what happened. Not tonight. But as I tried to yank the damn curtain closed, it got stuck on something. I tugged again, harder this time, but it wouldn’t budge. I was about to rip it right off the railings when it finally closed.
I heard a chuckle behind me and found Jessica stifling a laugh and folding her arms across her chest with a smirk. “I mean, curtain one and Luke zero…” Jessica shrugged and it infuriated
I didn’t see what was so funny but for some reason, I wanted to smile… I turned on her, closing the space between us in a single step. She was so close that her nose almost brushed my chest.
“What the hell are you doing with that guy?” I demanded.
Jess crossed her arms over her chest, huffing like I was the one being ridiculous. “I should be asking what the hell that was out
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there?” Jessicà stood her ground and a part of me liked her like this, all feisty.
I stepped back a little, “Saving you from that excuse of a man, it seems,” I said, biting back the urge to tell her that he could be another Bryan. She did not need reminding of that night.
She glared up at me, and I could tell she was annoyed, but I didn’t care. “You weren’t going to kiss him. Relax, I just helped you get away without hurting his ego,” I said, but it obviously ticked her off.
Her eyes narrowed, and she squared her shoulders like she was ready to go toe–to–toe with me. “I was,” she countered, her tone sharp enough to cut.
“You weren’t,” I repeated, my voice flat and certain. But Jess stood her ground, defiance sparking in her eyes.
“I was,” she insisted, her tone full of stubbornness.
I watched as confusion flickered across her face, her brows knitting together as she processed what just happened. That small moment of victory? Yeah, I was going to savor it.
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