Blake wasn’t helping. He was feeding into it, practically purring in my mind like a damn cat.
I forced myself to focus on something else. Anything else.
Victoria was making her way back toward the table, and I noticed some of the stares she was getting from nearby tables.
Gossip traveled fast in high school, and people were already whispering, watching.
The entire cafeteria had been on edge ever since we walked in with Amber. Everyone had questions. People weren’t used to seeing us like this, sharing touches, subtle glances, acting territorial as hell. It wasn’t the image we had before.
And now, on top of that, Victoria had just dropped a bombshell that no one had been expecting.
I could feel the weight of the attention pressing in, but I didn’t care. Let them talk. Let t
