She shrugged. “What? Don’t give me that look. I support those men who know how to treat their women. Not some mommy’s boy who lets his girlfriend go just because his mom doesn’t approve of it.”

Sighing, I shook my head. “I’m not siding with him. But we should give Mason some time, right? We all know how much he loves his mom. Maybe he needs some time to convince her and then get back to Beth? Yeah, letting Beth go like that wasn’t appreciated at all, but Beth shouldn’t just give up on her relationship like that.”

She raised her brow. “Oh, I’m glad you think one shouldn’t give up on something so easily.”

I averted my eyes quickly, getting her hint.

“Okay, enough talking about my life today. I really don’t want to discuss it anymore. I need some time to think. And Em?” Beth said, turning to me. “I’m so sorry for last night. Because of me, you had to carry so much trouble. I don’t remember much, but Cassie told me everything. I’m sorry, I didn’t even realize how much I drank.”

“It’s all right. You don’t have to say sorry,” I smiled. “But you definitely should’ve thought twice before going to that shady place. It could be risky, you know? Why did you even go to such a place? As far as I know, we’ve never visited there before.”

She blew out a breath. “I just wanted to go somewhere where nobody could find me. When I went there, I was already drunk. I didn’t even realize where I was going. And when I saw this bar at the side of the road, I just went in.”

“Don’t do that again. It’s not safe.” She didn’t know what trouble we were about to fall into last night. If Ace’s guards weren’t there…

She nodded, giving me a small smile. “I won’t, I promise.”

“All right, anyone need some coffee? Because I definitely need one,” Cassie exclaimed, rising from the couch we all were sitting on.

“Tea, please,” I said.

“Of course!” Chuckling, she sauntered into her kitchen to get us some hot drinks.

Once she was back with the coffee and tea, she got herself busy discussing her upcoming modeling project with Beth. While I, on the other hand, thought of everything that happened today.

No matter how much hurting Warner perturbed me, my treacherous mind went back to the kiss Ace and I shared in his bedroom this morning and then in the hallway.

Another blush rose from my neck to my ears. Goosebumps crawled up my skin recalling the sinful sensations I’d felt with his scorching mouth on mine. My heart missed the warmth of his arms around me, or the husky murmurs of his in my ears.

A sigh slipped through my lips.