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“No,youlook hot.” One of the assholes ogles her like a creep, snapping my restraint.

I set the rest of my beer on the bar counter, and get between him and Ashley, into his space. “You’d better make yourself scarce before I add a real bruise to your lame zombie makeup.”

“Make me,” he retorts.

Wrong answer, motherfucker.

I shove him back, making him collide with his friends. He staggers, almost falling on his ass. “You’re gonna pay for this.”

“Oh... I’m terrified,” I taunt, not caring that it’s three against one.

Suddenly, Logan, Alex, and Darren join us, and the football scum loses his bravado.

“Is there a problem here?” Alex asks.

“Come on, Billy. Let’s go.” One of them drags major-asshole away from us.

“What a waste of space,” Darren pipes up.

“Were you planning to take on the three of them alone?” Logan asks.

Ignoring his question, I look for Ashley. She’s gone. Hell and damn. When she stood up for me just now, she gave me hope we would pick up where we left off. Now I’m back in relationship limbo.

“Are you looking for your friend?” Poison Ivy girl asks.

“What friend?” Logan asks.

I finish my drink and walk away. I need to find Ashley. Where the hell did she go?

CHAPTER 29

ASHLEY

Iknew there was a chance I’d find Sean at the Halloween party. I didn’t expect to see him chatting with another girl. I was so jealous, I couldn’t breathe. Instead of heading in a different direction, I approached them. Then I heard one of those morons making fun of Sean’s costume and couldn’t stop myself from butting in.

But my interference almost made Sean get into a fight again. The realization that I could be a bad influence on him felt like a punch to my chest. When his teammates showed up, I left and went back to my dorm room. I had to text Kadence and Scarlett with an excuse as to why I bailed on them early. The evening was ruined.

I’ve been lying in my bed for hours without any hope of falling asleep. I keep tossing and turning, thinking about Sean at the party, flirting with other girls. I hate myself for being so stupid and falling for him. I’ve missed him so damn much in the past couple of weeks. But nothing good will happen if we start seeing each other again.

My phone rings, and my heart skips a beat. I grab it from my nightstand, hoping to see Sean’s name on my screen, but it’s anunknown number. I think about ignoring it, then reconsider and hit the accept button.

“Ashley, is that you?”

“Who’s this?”

“It’s Alex Kaminski, Sean’s teammate.”

I sit up at once, and my heart leaps into my throat. “Did something happen to Sean?”

“Yeah. Could you come by?”

I’m out of my bed in an instant. “Where are you?”

“In his dorm room.”

“I’m on my way.”

I hastily put on clothes, not caring about what I’m wearing. My heart is beating so fast that it feels like it will leapfrog out of my mouth. I should have asked Alex what was wrong with Sean, but if he’s in his dorm room, then it’s probably not serious. Although, it could be, and Alex is just too stupid or too drunk to realize that.

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