As if feeling his stare on her, Alice’s eyes shifted from her boyfriend’s face to Harry’s, and the staring contest began as the ex who wouldn’t accept defeat started approaching her.
“Harry,” she let out in a tone in which resignation battled with outrage.
“Alice,” he acknowledged calmly, a wry smile adorning his handsome face as he dropped his hands in his pockets.
“Oh, Alice, long time no see. What a surprise!” Alex was the one to break the almost palpable tension with his cheerful comment.
“What a surprise indeed,” she hissed through gritted teeth, a fake smile plastered on her face.
“You must be new around here,” the guy sitting next to her mused out loud. “I have not seen you before. Well, I’m Derek Hamilton, Alice’s boyfriend.”
Harry looked at him as he reached out for his
