The moment Wade stepped out the door, Hailey Yates turned the full wattage of her attention onto Stan.
"Hey, handsome." Her voice softened, warmer and smoother than it had been all night, deliberately sweet. "Can I add you on Snapchat?"
She wasn't unattractive, cute, even. But in a city like this, cute didn't move the needle, not when girls like Sophie Youngs and Sarah walked the same campus.
Hailey had figured out her ceiling a long time ago. Early on, she'd decided her best shot at moving up was attaching herself to the right wallet.
That's what she'd been doing all evening, angling closer to Wade. Just minutes ago, she'd been openly mocking Stan as he ordered course after course, siding with Wade, calling him embarrassing in front of the entire table. She hadn't cared then that Stan was her best friend's boyfriend's friend. None of it had mattered to her.
