The judgmental whispers didn't bother him that much thanks to the music playing in his Airpods. Rather it was the remnants of tipsy feeling from last night that refused to leave his head. It's not like he was drinking that much, but the faint lightheadedness was indeed persistent.
Ryley exhaled a deep breath when the elevator finally took him up, it just so happened that the song playing in his ears was the same as the one in Palladis.
[Like you, like you, like you, ooh]
[I found it hard to find someone like you]
Once Lucas was done confessing his crime, the blond sent him outside almost immediately, leaving only he and Clyde inside the room.
But instead of having arguments over the truth Lucas had just revealed, Ryley poured out all feelings of jealousy bottling up in his heart, accusing the Alpha of favoring Marsha more than him.