I nodded as this was the one thing I wasn't going to give up on.
"Are you really sure?" Alex asked me again with irritation clearly present in his voice this time while Luke was almost becoming speechless again.
"Yup," I confidently answered as Cillian and Henry desperately tried to hold their laughter in.
I had two more hours to spend at this event. I wasn't going to torture myself in shoes I knew I couldn't walk in. My presence here was clearly not helping Luke as Alex talked for him while he clearly seemed dismayed.
"Since it seems my presence is not required anymore, I'll head toward the dessert table." I tried to escape from Luke's group of friends.
Luke suddenly grabbed my wrist, "No, your presence is still required here."
'Meaning, don't you leave my sight,' I thought.
"Yes,
