James' POV

Thea and I walked out of the restaurant in a bad mood. Well, it wasn't my mood that was bad. I was pissed off, really pissed off, and nothing was going to change that. Even Logan, the "City of Men's President," was buying me dinner, it didn't make me feel any better. Instead, my own eroding self-esteem made it worse.

I gritted my teeth as I opened the car door, slamming it a little too hard as Thea got in. I could feel her confused stare from the passenger seat, but I didn't care. The entire time in the restaurant, my anger had been building, especially when I...