CHAPTER 42
DE-SHAWN POINT OF VIEW.
Gasps rippled through the room, but no one said a word. Juliana froze immediately when Jaxon declined her ice cream date and chose to go with Daisy instead.
I could see the way her lips pressed together, her expression hardening, and a pang of shame washing over her. She stopped eating for a fleeting second but resumed almost immediately, so no one would notice her shock.
She gave a short laugh. “Oh… wow, Jax. That's cool.” She shrugged. “I never knew you were close to Daisy.”
She raised her gaze, narrowing it toward Daisy. Juliana's lips thinned into a forced smile. “I'm glad Jaxon now has a friend he can hang out with.”
“Right, Jaxon?” she chuckled lowly, pretending to be happy, though I knew she wasn't.
Silence stretched, and Jaxon didn’t say a
