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We all turn.
It’s Nathan, Serena’s boyfriend, in a white button-down and navy chinos, ginger curls mussed like he’s been running his hands through them. His freckles are very visible, displaying the worry on his face.
“I’ve been looking for you,” he says. “You brought me here and just left me. What are you all doing here anyway? Smoking weed?”
Serena blinks fast, wiping at her face before turning to him.
The worry on his face deepens. He steps toward her, voice soft. “Are you okay? Did something happen?”
Serena doesn’t meet his gaze. Her voice is quiet, strained. “No. I’m fine, Nat. I just… please take me home.”
He throws us all a look that says he knows something went down-but he’s not sure if he should get into it. Fortunately, he doesn’t ask. He just wraps his arm around Serena and leads her away.
The moment they’re out of sight, I round on Jade.
“That was unnecessarily mean.”
He shrugs. “Welcome to my world, Sloane. People who stand in my way get taken down.”
“You just made yourself sound exactly like the guy she doesn’t want around my mom.”
“I don’t care. She needed to hear it.”
“You could have been more subtle, at least let me talk to her. She listens to me.”
“I’m done with subtlety. She won’t open her mouth now. And that goes for you too. If your mother finds out, I’ll make your life a living hell.”
For the first time since the drama started, Knox speaks. His voice is low. Dangerous.
“You must have a death wish, Jade. Threatening my girlfriend in front of me.”
Jade startles as though remembering there’s someone else listening. Then slowly, he turns around. “Let your girlfriend know she should keep her mouth shut.”
“Don’t threaten her through me either.”
Jade sighs. “Fine.” Then, almost as an afterthought, he says, “I’ll go tell the other guys to back off. Before someone gets hurt talking to their boss’s girlfriend.”
He disappears through the corner.
And finally-it’s just me and Knox.
He steps closer, eyeing the empty space where Jade stood.
I’ll Carry You Over sharpness of his tone, the venom in it, and his words.
“What are you talking about?” Serena asks, her voice suddenly small.
Jade steps forward. Just once. But the move sends Serena stumbling, and she grips my wrist like I’m an anchor.
“You want a villain?” Jade says, voice low. “Let me show you what one sounds like.”
He takes another step.
“If you go to your mother with what you’ve heard today, I’ll tell her exactly why you’ve been showing up here so often. Pretending to be a loving daughter. Hanging around. Getting close.”
“Go to hell,” Serena snaps, her voice cracking.
“I dare you,” he whispers. “Go to her. And she’ll find out her favorite daughter has a crush on her husband.”
The silence that follows that sentence is a vacuum.
I glance at Serena, who has gone deathly still.
“Okay…” I say, stepping between them. “That’s one hell of a reach, Jade. I get that you’re mad. But don’t start making shit up. What is wrong with you?”
That glare falls on me. “You think I’m lying? Ask her why she hasn’t denied it.”
I look back at Serena.
She won’t look at me.
And now I’m getting chills.
“She’s silent because you’re scaring her,” I say, swallowing thickly. “Hell, I’m scared too.”
A foreign voice comes from behind me.
“Babe?”
We all turn.
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It’s Nathan, Serena’s boyfriend, in a white button-down and navy chinos, ginger curls mussed like he’s been running his hands through them. His freckles are very visible, displaying the worry on his face.
“I’ve been looking for you,” he says. “You brought me here and just left me. What are you all doing here anyway? Smoking weed?”
Serena blinks fast, wiping at her face before turning to him.
The worry on his face deepens. He steps toward her, voice soft. “Are you okay? Did something happen?”
Serena doesn’t meet his gaze. Her voice is quiet, strained. “No. I’m fine, Nat. I just… please take me home.” throws us all a look that says he knows something went down-but he’s not sure if he should get into it. Fortunately, he doesn’t ask. He just wraps his arm around Serena and leads her away. moment they’re out of sight, I round on Jade.
“That was unnecessarily mean.”
He shrugs. “Welcome to my world, Sloane. People who stand in my way get taken down.”
“You just made yourself sound exactly like the guy she doesn’t want around my mom.”
“I don’t care. She needed to hear it.”
“You could have been more subtle, at least let me talk to her. She listens to me.”
“I’m done with subtlety. She won’t open her mouth now. And that goes for you too. If your mother finds out, I’ll make your life a living hell.”
For the first time since the drama started, Knox speaks. His voice is low. Dangerous.
“You must have a death wish, Jade. Threatening my girlfriend in front of me.”
Jade startles as though remembering there’s someone else listening. Then slowly, he turns around. “Let your girlfriend know she should keep her mouth shut.”
“Don’t threaten her through me either.”
Jade sighs. “Fine.” Then, almost as an afterthought, he says, “I’ll go tell the other guys to back off. Before someone gets hurt talking to their boss’s girlfriend.”
He disappears through the corner.
And finally-it’s just me and Knox.
He steps closer, eyeing the empty space where Jade stood.. # Carry You Over
“This is why I don’t watch TV dramas, he mutters. “Too much dialogue.”
“You were smiling through half of it.”
“It was kind of funny. You should’ve seen your face at the big reveal. Ohhh, my sister daydreams about screwing our stepfather. What a scandal.”
I punch his chest. “Don’t joke about it, Knox.”
He lifts his hands in mock surrender. “Noted.”
Then he backs up a few steps.
I frown, wondering where he’s headed.
He walks toward the picket fence. Then, with zero hesitation, he plants his hand on the top and vaults over in one clean move.
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