Jasmine's POV
Our sleek vehicles came to a halt outside the school entrance.
I emerged first, with Lina, Stephen, and Luis forming a protective circle around me like trained bodyguards. Students stopped mid-conversation to stare, their curious gazes following our every movement.
The attention sent a thrill through me. I refused to shrink back, even when that familiar scent of vanilla and pine reached my nostrils. Even when his magnetic presence made my skin tingle with unwanted recognition.
Jayden was here.
I kept my eyes forward, but my heightened senses had already detected him. And her. Sylvia was wrapped around his arm like she owned him.
My hands clenched briefly before I forced them to relax. Let them all watch. Let them speculate.
