Chapter 70

• Her gaze was earnest, staring at me so openly, that it was so hard to believe that this was the same guarded Brooke I’ve known all along. “Adonis.” She said quietly, trying to blink back her rushing tears. “The event is tomorrow. Please come with me.”
• Silence accompanied her teary plea. I hated being put in this kind of position. Fuck. I looked back at her to meet her eyes, staring up at me hopefully. Fuck. I stifled the urge to curse out.
• “I’ll come with you.”