Chapter 88. Get a Room

Bryce’s POV

Erica is sitting on the bottom step gently rubbing her cheek. Her face is red and flustered. I can see the outline of knuckles forming on her skin.

“Are you okay?” I ask her, not knowing exactly what happened to her face.

Erica looks up at me and smiles weakly. “I am now,” she responds.

I walk over to her and tilt her chin so I can see her cheek. “What happened to your face?”

Erica chuckles. “Amber took out some of her frustration on me.”

“Are you saying that she punched you?” I growl angrily.

“She did,” Erica responds like there isn’t anything wrong with what she just said.

I move to storm past her and hunt down Amber, but Erica grabs ahold of my ankle and stops me in my tracks.

“Just let it go,” she says. “I probably deserved it. I did slap her first.”

“Yeah, because she called you a rogue,” I come to her defense.

“I am a rogue,” she laughs at the irony of everything.

“She still should have