~~ETHEL~~ Hours after having to pretend the whole day that I wasn't hyper aware of every move Keanu made, every flick of his tongue on his lips, every piercing of his gaze on my body, I stepped out of the foyer into the cool breeze of the evening air. The wallet on my Uber had chosen my closing time to malfunction. Now I was stuck with having to go take a cab. That was what I got for never really learning how to drive. Just as I got to the side of the road, a shiny black BMW screeched to a halt right in front of me, so close I had to take a step back. I recognized it immediately, my body tensing up even before Max got out of it. He emerged with that familiar self-satisfied smirk, the one that used to make me think he was charming. Now all I wanted to do was wipe it away with my fist.

