Chapter 18
Kristen's POV:
I'd admit it. The news of Cassius and Saia's engagement was driving me up the wall.
And after meeting Saia in person? That feeling went through the roof. They looked so picture-perfect together, while I was just... painfully ordinary.
Try as I might to brush it off, after a miserable afternoon cooped up in my dorm, I decided to drown my sorrows and forget it all.
In a fit of self-destruction, I found myself back at the bar where I first bumped into Cassius. I bellied up to the counter, ordered a bottle of whiskey, and started knocking them back. I wanted the alcohol to numb everything. One glass after another until I lost count and couldn't even remember how I'd stumbled outside.
"Hey, bartender! Hit me again!" I hollered, waving my empty glass. The music wa
