“It’s too troublesome for me,” he finishes coolly.
“I see.” I take the card from him this time.
I wonder when I will get used to this piercing agony. It’s like Austin can’t even take a single breath without letting me know how much of an inconvenience my existence is to him.
“Hey, Seline?” Loyd loops his arm around my neck in a way-too-familiar manner. “If everyone else is helping out, why don’t you let me pitch in as well? You’re working so late, clearly, and I would just hate for you to be alone in these hours.”
While a little uncomfortable with Loyd’s forward nature, I open my mouth to say something, but he cuts me off, his voice a little sly as his eyes linger on Austin. “You just admitted you were single and I’m quite lonely, so we could at least be friends first.”
I feel a
