Chapter 20

Marissa was making a hell of a play trying to get him into some eye-on-eye action. He had no idea what was with this chick. He had no patience for the way she was trying to catch his attention when they all picked seats, so he decided to stay on his feet as far from her as he could manage. The last thing he needed was Emma arriving and seeing Marissa’s eye humping him when he wanted to avoid all talk of her.

Daniel stayed upright too, coming to his side as the twins ordered the first round of drinks at the bar. Miracle was sitting next to Marissa, avoiding him at all costs and still embarrassed about earlier. The two obviously didn’t exactly get on but were conversing out of boredom. Marissa was still watching him a little too hawkishly. He wished she would fuck off.

The twins returned with trays and started dispersing glasses and bottles all over the table. Jake was handed a beer, and Daniel was already unsteady on his feet, which was a sign that he might stop drinking.