Chapter 3

Alex stared at me for a while, then suddenly let out a laugh.

He closed the distance, sarcasm thick in his voice. "Is that so, Emily? Well, I hope you're not talking big. Let's see if you've really got the backbone to match those words."

As they finished paying and were about to leave, a group of young men from Cascheran swaggered in.

Their arrival was so dramatic, it turned heads all around.

The guy in the center spotted me, and his eyes practically sparkled.

"Emily, you're really here," he called out, walking straight over.

He was a college classmate…