“Why did you even bring me here?” I complained under my breath, leaning slightly toward Terrence as I sat beside him. We were already seated inside the restaurant, waiting for Audrey—the undisputed queen of cold stares and, quite frankly, the main reason I was currently fighting the urge to crawl under the table and disappear.

She was the one who suggested this lunch in the first place, yet somehow, I couldn’t shake off the feeling that I wasn’t exactly… invited.

A sinking feeling ...