ADINNA’S POV
The cafeteria is loud and alive with the sound of trays clattering, voices overlapping, and the smell of food mixing with chatter, but somehow, it all fades into background noise. Because my entire world just narrowed to one corner of the room.
Jace’s corner.
At first, I honestly think my brain is glitching. Maybe the lighting’s off, or I’m seeing wrong. But then he moves, and then turns the girl sitting beside him so that she’s facing him, her knees on either side of his lap.
And before my brain can even catch up, his lips crash against hers.
My fork stills halfway to my mouth. The sound of that kiss, the deliberate, wet, exaggerated smack, echoes in my skull.
A few people nearby gasp. Others giggle and whisper. But me? I freeze.
That dull ache I’ve been carrying all m
