Chapter 2
Sunny
I don’t know what possessed me to invite Titus for cocktails. This isn’t his crowd. Definitely isn’t his scene. But I guess I’m not willing to say goodbye yet. Not when being near him lights my whole body up like a Christmas pole. I mean tree.
I take his hand and lead him into the restaurant. I don’t know why I grabbed his hand—maybe to send a message to Chas, whose attention is getting way too annoying. Maybe it’s to send a message to Titus that I’m still interested.
Either way, it’s too intimate of a gesture. The air between us charges. He chokes on a breath. My n*****s go taut.
Chas looks back and takes it in, expression falling.
Titus growls like a wild beast.
It’s Animal Kingdom weird and hot as hell.
I slide into the giant circular booth seat where Adele, Char
