Chapter 99. Now We’re Talking

Ezra POV

I see Wren with Torch and Lizzy chatting away at the bar and I walk towards them.

“I’m still in awe of how different you look,” Lizzy gushes. “Maybe I should come live with EJ too.”

I clear my throat and slide up beside Wren who scoots away, subtly, nearly bumping Torch.

She’s still upset.

“A whiskey, please?” I say to Lizzy, looking around the bar. “Where’s Tessa though?”

Tessa, the new bartender we recruited.

Torch snorts. “She got booted!”

“What? Why?”

“Made a pass at Prez,” Lizzy replied, sliding a glass to me. “When he refused,obviously, she got bitter and said some things.”

“You’re kidding.” Wren’s eyes widen.

“I absolutely kid you not.”

“She deserves it. There are rules in place for reasons,” I say.

“What rules? Don’t make a pass at the president?”

“And vice,” I add. “But no, that’s not it. Don’t bad mouth. If you can badmouth your president, you can betray him. It’s