“You know what annoys me?” I started, feeling the warmth from the liquor taking root in my bloodstream. She rolled her eyes. “If you say me, I swear to—” “Yes, you,” I cut her off before she continued on with some line about how it was ill mannered to insult someone on their birthday. Too bad for her, because I was too intoxicated to give a shit. “And the fact that you’ve walked around here all night with a grin from ear to ear while you chit-chatted with other people. But the minute, the second, you lay eyes on me, your smile falls.” I took the last pull of whiskey from the bottle before
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