EMMA’s POV :
Hailey was basically hyperventilating. I put my hands on her arms and kept shushing her, hoping she would calm down. AJ, Ian, and his mom were still in the kitchen.
“Ian and I are just waiting for the right time to tell everyone. So, please, can you not say anything, especially to Kristen?” I whispered to her with pleading eyes.
“Wow… like… wow,”
“Hailey, please, promise me. This stays between us,”
Hailey was quiet for a while. Her eyes darted to the direction of the kitchen, and when she saw that no one was coming out, she finally nodded her head and said, “I promise I won’t tell anyone. Only if you’ll do one thing for me,”
“What is it?”
“Don’t say anything to Ian about what you saw earlier,”
“What do you mean?”
“I know you saw us. AJ an
