He scouted the room for Ximena. Seeing her at his parents' table, he pulled her aside and asked, "did you invite her?"
She frowned at him. "Invite the woman who tried so hard to drive a wedge between me and my man? Are you kidding me?"
He squinted. Who invited her, then? It didn't take long to make a logical guess. His parents. He sat down at their table while Abby made small talk with his friends as though she was close to them.
"What the fuck?"
"I am going to pretend you didn't just curse at us, Liam." His father stared him down.
"It's bad enough you two had Ximena's parents cause trouble because of her. Do you ever know when to stop?" He gritted his teeth. If Ximena didn't spend so much effort making this party work, he would have walked out.
