"I'm not going to stay in your apartment with him," James sneered. He reached for Alex again, brushing at her hair as he did when she was a child. So many mannerisms they held when they were younger and James couldn't shake them. "I came over to have dinner with you. Don't leave. This wasn't a bad idea; I apologize... for ruining your dinner."
His eyes slipped towards Adam, a silent warning in them as he took the silent man in. Say. Something. he mouthed to Adam. If Alex had her backed turned he would have hit Adam again. Kicked him. Anything to get the little idiot to start talking.