He narrowed his eyes. “Did someone give you something?”
I looked at him without batting an eye.
He held up his fingers in front of my face, but my gaze was distracted by the girl’s flashy dress. She looked like a big piece of candy, making me laugh.
“You better get home.”
Was James talking with me now? Why was he so serious?
“I’ll call Will,” he added then, stroking his chin with his fingertips.
“No.”
Despite the chaos taking over my brain, I definitely knew one thing for sure: I didn’t want to be with William, not after what he’d done to me yesterday.
“Why not?”
I wobbled by James’s powerful figure, which looked down at me while I came close to his ear so Jackson wouldn’t hear me. He looked at me curiously, but I acted like he wasn’t. I put my palm on James’s chest and got up on my tiptoes.
“I only trust you,” I whispered.
His breathing stopped for a moment.
“Fuck.” James cursed. “Come on, let’s go.”
“Where are you going, James? You don’t seem like you’re in a state to drive,” Jackson said, stopping him. They started arguing, but I was lost staring at Jackson’s lip piercing, which seemed to be getting bigger and bigger the more I looked at it. What was happening to me?
“What’d you give her to drink, Tiff?”
Before I realized it, James was already arguing with Tiffany.
“Eh?”
“Did Austin give you something to drink? Tell me the truth.”
“It wasn’t him,” she shot back, confused. “It was his brother. I think. James, I swear I didn’t recognize him! Look, it’s a supernormal mojito!”
“I can never trust you! I told you a million times to be careful.” James took the drink from her hands. My eyes drifted onto his ring-clad fingers. He put one in the glass and gathered some powder from the bottom of the glass then sucked it off his finger.
“What the fuck, Tiff!”
The brunet opened her eyes wide.
“What is it?”
“There’s gotta be a whole pill in here, didn’t you realize that?”
“Jesus Christ!” I heard her whisper before coming toward me, distraught.
“Sorry, June, I didn’t know that.”
“Jackson, take her home.”
James took off his leather jacket, but what took me by surprise was the flash of rage that crossed his dark eyes.
“Where are you going? No, no, no, James!” This time it was Jackson who raised his voice. “Austin isn’t alone. All his friends are here, don’t even think about it. You don’t have to play the hero today.”
James seemed completely deaf to what he was saying, so Jackson had to hold him back.
