Chapter 69

"I literally saw him heading that way, probably didn’t make it here before you slipped out," Emily Carter said. Arms crossed, Amelia Johnson shot her a sideways glance. "Then why didn’t you step in when Zoey Mitchell tried to slap me just now?" Emily scratched her nose, a bit sheepish. "I was scared she'd swing at me too." Amelia cracked her knuckles. "Oh yeah? So you’re not scared of me?" "Hey hey hey, just messing around! I knew you had it handled." Emily let out a dry snort. "But honestly, if that slap really landed, who cares who she is—I'd make sure she lost a few teeth." "Look at your ex standing right there like a statue. Didn’t say a word, didn’t move. What, sudden paralysis?" Emily scoffed in Ethan Collins’s direction, clearly unimpressed. Amelia’s lips curled in a mocking smile. "He’s probably scared of embarrassment. Gotta keep his distance from me, right?" "And you used to be so blind about him," Emily sighed dramatically. "If I’d really given up everything for him, what wo