Page 67 of You Said I Was Your Favorite

“Does there need to be a reason?” JJ asks me before he turns to the girls. “We’ll be there.”

“Yay!” Cadence claps her hands, her gaze stuck on me. “Maybe we could all hang out.”

“At another one of your big bashes where you’ve probably invited the entire school?” I raise my brows.

“I didn’t invite theentireschool.” She shakes her head, that smile still on her face. I gotta give it to her, she doesn’t give up. “Just a few people from our class. It’s nothing too crazy. Last time we tried to invite a bunch of people, the neighbors called the cops and they shut the party down.”

I remember that. Late last year, right before school was done. One of Cadence’s senior friends reserved the house for her and we partied like fucking crazy that night. I was naked in the pool with a pair of sunglasses on and a cowboy hat on my head when the cops rolled up.

Talk about ruining the party vibe.

“We had fun that night,” Cadence murmurs just for me, JJ and Mya involved in their own conversation.

“We did,” I agree because yeah, we did. But I’m not willing to have fun with her anymore.

I wish she’d get that through her head.

“We could have fun again, you know. I miss you.”

I blow out a harsh breath, about to lean back in my chair, but Cadence’s hand darts out, landing on top of my forearm. I don’t push her away, testing it out. Her touch makes me feel nothing and I think of how it feels when Daisy touches me.

Like I want more. I need more. I want to feel her hands all over me.

Cadence’s fingers curl and she walks them up my arm, like that’s cute. Like I might enjoy it.

I still feel nothing. When it comes to Cadence, it’s like I’m dead inside.

“Knock it off, Cadence. You don’t really miss me,” I tell her, wishing she’d stop touching me. “It’s not the same anymore between us.”

“Is there someone else?” Her fingers go flat and she starts tracing them up and down my arm. Still nothing. Zero reaction. “Who is she?”

“There’s no one else,” I lie, hating that I said those words out loud.

There is definitely someone else. I might be mad at her but I am far from over her.

It’s not even that I’m mad. Daisy hurt my feelings.

And that’s a new thing for me to deal with. Not many people get close enough to actually hurt me. I barely know this girl and look at the power she wields.

“If there’s no one else, then come to the party.” Cadence smiles, her fingers curling around my forearm. “Please?”

Every single hair on my body seems to stand on end and it’s not because of Cadence’s pleading voice or how she can’t stop stroking my arm. I glance up, meeting Daisy’s gaze from across the dining hall. She’s clutching a tray in front of her, so tight I can see her knuckles turning white, and there’s a single sandwich on a plate. A shiny red apple sitting next to it.

We stare at each other, and I see it. The flicker of disappointment. It disappears in an instant, replaced by disgust.

For me.

Lifting her chin, she grips the tray and heads straight for us. My heart starts to hammer in my chest, Cadence’s insistent voice fading the closer Daisy gets.

Until she’s walking right past our table with her head held high, not even looking in our direction as she sails by us and settles into a chair at one of the smaller tables nearby.

Frustration flickers in my gut, churning. My appetite is long gone.

“Jail bait is looking better and better every time I see her,” JJ drawls, like he’s trying to provoke my ass.

“Stay the fuck away from her,” I bite out, jerking my arm away from Cadence’s hand. I stand, contemplating the three of them. JJ’s amused. Mya’s confused, and Cadence is hopeful.

Better than bitter and pissed, which is how she usually looks when she’s dealing with me.

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