Riley’s POV
My heart was pounding so hard I could barely hear the music.
Marcus stood there, waiting for an answer, his smile still in place but his eyes betraying something darker. Desperation. Anger. Need.
The girls were all watching now, their conversations dying away as they sensed something was off.
“Is everything okay?” Aria asked, her voice careful.
“Fine,” I managed to say, though my voice sounded strangled. “Everything’s fine.”
I looked at Marcus, at the way he was standing too close, at the intensity in his gaze that made my skin crawl.
But this was also an opportunity.
A chance to find out what had really happened between him and Erica. What had made her block him. What secrets were locked in that drawer I couldn’t open.
“Hope there’s no problem?” I asked, keeping my vo
