Or maybe he just needed the nice company of his loyal girlfriend, that was always an option. Mm, well, it used to be. But the faithless one could be just as promising. She was going to have to be anyway if she wanted this night to work out in her favor. Hand gripping the knob, Jessica touched her forehead to the cool surface of the door, a soother to the small ache in her skull quickly overpowered by the rage blaring from the other side.
She let herself in just as Nick disappeared into the living room and soon after went up the staircase after him. When she got there, Jessica made her presence known with a soft knock against the wall nearest him with her knuckles and a smile. She swept over then, fingers gliding across his back as she rounded to the side of him and leaned against the bar. “You know, I think the entire floor could hear you,” she teased, head cocked to side.