Chapter 37

Gathering together in the street outside Arrick’s house. Christian shows up first, followed by a timid-looking Jenny, who seems to appear rather closely to Nate. I notice Nate is rather attentive to my girl and tries to take her hand as he catches up with her; she looks away, pulling away from him, and slides an arm through mine in a coy move without catching his eye. I frown her way suspiciously and file it away to interrogate her as soon as I get her alone with Christian.

I’m now standing away from Arrick. As soon as I saw them appearing, I made him let go of me and moved two feet apart, needing a space to see my friends and let them know what had happened. My texts only outlined the briefest explanation, and I am so not ready to be identified as Arry’s new love interest. I feel like they may judge me on my readiness to jump into a relationship when last night, I swore never to let him near me again.

“Well, hey, hey.” Christian grins, swooning between us and looking fa