~CARTER~
"You did a good job ignoring her yesterday," Alaric says to me.
"He's right," Ares chimes in. "You really handled it well. That said, she was watching you the whole time."
My head shoots up in surprise. "She was looking at me?"
He nods. "All along. She never once took her eyes off you. I've never seen her stare at anyone like that before."
I close my eyes and lean back into the chair.
"Why would you tell him that?" Alaric growls.
"Ow!" I hear Ares say, probably after Alaric tapped him on the head.
"Forget what he said. You're doing a great job," I reassure him.
I wasn't doing very well. Yesterday, staying away from Scarlett was incredibly tough. I nearly lost it so many times. The only thing that kept me from grabbing Scarlett and kissing her all over was my brothers bei
