Cassie led Verena into the party, his hand on her lower back sending little sparks of warmth through her. At least if he was by her side all the time, she won't have to go through these horrible nervous breakdown people have when they are in a place that reminds them too much of their shitty past.
People greeted them as they made their way through the crowd and she responded with a smile. Her cheeks were beginning to hurt though because of how much straining her muscles were doing to keep the smile up. Cassie finally met a group of men who were discussing something about the son whose engagement party they are attending. She would have loved to stay there and listen to the men laugh about how they heard the boy was a weakling but the arm around her waist and she rolled her eyes taking that as her cue to leave. What was with men and thinking that a woman doesn't fit into their world?
