Hailey’s POV
From showing up at the party uninvited to stealing the spotlight like he owned the place, the Williams brothers really did know how to crush someone’s inflated ego without even trying. Brighton strutted into the venue as if he were the guest of honor, sliding himself into conversations with the hockey team like he’d been part of them for years.
The team actually entertained him for a few minutes, but it didn’t last long. They kept glancing over at me, then back at Brighton, confusion all over their faces.
But Roy…
Roy held himself taut the entire night. The muscle in his jaw twitched every time Brighton drifted too close, but he stayed by my side. Ryan flanked my other side like a silently, yet majestically, and the room finally understood why everyone whispered when the W
