Niles spit out, wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans, looking broody as hell with his bouquet of roses and narrowed eyes as Haley and Chris joined him on the porch. “I’d expect this from you, but not Haley.”“Say that again, jackass.” Chris tucked Haley behind him, but she slipped from his protective embrace and pointed at the house door.“Just go inside. I’ve got this, Chris.”Chris didn’t budge. Stubborn male. She had enough problems with Dad and Joce and a psycho. The last thing Haley needed was two guys fighting on her front porch.“You’re protecting him, Hales?” Niles tossed the roses against the sidewalk. “How could you? You told me you couldn’t be with anyone. Couldn’t dedicate yourself to anyone. And here you are, with him. Chris Charming, ladies’ man. Is it that you couldn’t be with anyone, or that you couldn’t be with anyone worth a damn?”“Niles, I think you need to leave.” Chris stepped closer to Haley’s ex-boyfriend, chest puffed out and arms crossed.“You going to make me?”“Please, Niles.”
