Chapter 134
~ Hailey ~
Jackson approached me and gave me a hug.
A warm, fatherly embrace that should have been comforting. That should have made me feel safe and valued and cared for.
But all I felt was f*****g disappointment.
What was this whole thing? I'd been expecting—no, hoping, anticipating—that Navine was bringing me here to f**k me crazy. That we were finally going to act on all this tension. That he was going to push me against the wall and kiss me and make me forget my own name.
And instead, this was it?
Teary Jackson, angry-looking Nathaniel, and the f*****g waiter?
Wait.
The waiter?
My eyes focused properly for the first time since entering the room. Really taking in who was standing there.
It was him. The asshole who'd thrown champagne in my face. Who'd humiliated m
