‘‘I came to talk to you,’’ I mumble out through garbled sobs and stutters, watching his jaw tighten, and his brows furrow devilishly. He looks anything but happy to see me, and now I know what severe foolishness feels like as it floods through me at speed.

‘’There’s nothing to say. Look at the state of you … what the hell, Cam?’’ Alexi stalks towards me at speed, and I instinctively skate back on my arse and raise the bottle defensively. All he does is swipe it out ...