Rae's POV
I looked down.
Ethan:
Hey Rae.
I really enjoyed being with you last night.
Hope you got home safe. Would love to do it again sometime.
My stomach dropped.
"Oh no, baby it's not what it seems like" I breathed.
Killian didn't speak. Just watched me-eyes dark, jaw locked, waiting.
I looked up at him, eyes wide. "I can explain. I swear. This isn't what it looks like."
He nodded once-slow, careful. "Okay. Explain."
I took a shaky breath. "Mom dragged me to that charity thing last night. She introduced me to a bunch of people. One of them was Ethan-her friend's son. Same age as me. He was... nice. We talked. We danced once. That's it. He offered to drop me home because Mom wanted to stay longer with her friends. I said yes because it was late and I didn't want to wait for
