CHAPTER 19 RELATIONSHIPS

JADE’S POV "I'm still quite baffled," Claire tells me as we enter the house. Why?" I ask, laughing. So you're practically telling me you don't have a boyfriend? And you're not seeing anybody, anyone at all, even just a little bit?" She asked questions for the eighth time, and I agreed with what she said. "What about the guys who talk to you at work?" She pushes, and I sit on the couch beside Hannah before returning to her and asking, "What about them?" I ask, stretching myself out, "Nothing has ever happened, not even like a touch?" She continues, and I shake my head. "Now, why would I frolic with the guys I work with? It'll eventually become a huge mess, one I'm not interested in being part of," I explain, watching her face, which screams that she doesn't want to imagine it. "Why is this so hard for you to imagine? Why do you not seem to believe that I'm not seeing anyone for now?" I add, and she doesn't waste a second answering. "Because you're… You are more beautiful than a