COURTNEY's POV "If you want company today," Gavin said, his voice steady and firm, "then ask your girlfriend to go with you and stop bothering mine." I was dead speechless hearing that. Seriously, where did that come from? Aiden’s face darkened, his eyes narrowing as he processed Gavin’s words. The silence that followed was thick with tension, the weight of the confrontation hanging heavily in the room. Kahit ako 'e nagulat, siya pa kaya. "...Yours?" Aiden's eyes narrowed, and the silence that followed was suffused with palpable tension, the kind that could ignite into something explosive at any moment. Kahit na ramdam ko ang tension sa pagitan nilang dalawa, hindi ko nagawang itaboy ang kamay ni Gavin na nakapatong sa kaliwang kamay ko. "You heard it right," ani niya pa. Pabalik ba

