Terry slowly trailed his hand up the length of my thigh. He stopped at the meatiest point, just beneath my hip and squeezed.

I wanted to bolt from the table. I wanted to elbow him in the ribs or kick at his shins.

All I could actually do was sit very still and try not to draw attention from the cameras or the guests, while simultaneously trying to only get Julian to notice.

However, every time Julian glanced at me, his attention was immediately claimed again by Joyce sitting beside me. It was strange to hear him talk so much, especially when the topics. seemed to be entirely superfluous.

“Did you watch that television show the other night?” Joyce asked.

“I don’t watch a lot of TV,” Julian replied.

“It was such a good episode.”

Julian nodded, and glanced back at me.

I widened my eyes.

“Did you hear what happened to Aunt Ruby?” Joyce said.

Julian’s eyes went to Joyce again. “No, what?”

“She bought another dog.”

Julian huffed a laugh. “Don’t word it like that, then, Joyce. You made it sound like it was something serious.”

a serious

“Yeah, but…”

long moment. When he did, it was only for a second, before returning his gaze to Joyce,

back and forth. His fingers were moving gradually toward

away from him, but he simply moved his hand right along with me, keeping it affixed to my leg

my thighs, undoubtedly wrinkling my dress. Though my dress was the very last of my worries at the moment, because ever so slowly,

this steak is to die for.” He speared a piece of the meat and held his fork out

It eat something off of his fork felt overly intimate. It had even garnered the attention of several nearby candidates and the cameras. The candidates

it would be like a slap in the face. I might as

my stomach, ignoring the way disgust swirled within it, violent and

accepted the bite of meat

wanted to

a glass

shot opened.

so tightly it

was absolutely delighted by the display and made no attempts to hide it. “You should go clean

at Julian, who nodded

and replaced the broken cup with a fresh one.

me. He leaned in and whispered, “Now that

placed a hand on my upper

wrist, but that only made him grab me tighter. His

a cornered animal with nowhere to go. No one

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