[Lance’s POV]
5 minutes prior
“Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!”
The exclamations escape my lips as I lay my head on my steering wheel while trying not to watch Violet as she hastily rushes toward her front door. I’m sure that she’s probably wanting to get away from me as quickly as she can, given how she pretended to be asleep after everything.
Shit. I hiss inwardly, sneaking a glance just in time to see her fumbling with her keys. Should I go up and help her?
No. I couldn’t do such a thing, not when my traitorous emotions were trying to get the best of me. Wasn’t it already bad enough that I was on edge for the entire day because I knew that she would be going on a date? But then, she asked me out to drink, and instead of doing the right thing and declining because I knew that it would only
