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“What?” Gavin’s brow furrowed. “I didn’t say?—”
“You said you were trying to forget me.” And every time I repeated it, my heart pounded a little faster. “What did you mean?”
Gavin scooped up his phone from the bed and shoved it into his pocket, then he stormed around the end of it until he was standing directly in front of me.
“I meant that I’m bringing adatetonight. That I’m forgetting that you and I… That we… It’s none of your business. Now get out of my way.”
“You’re bringing a date?” The words were out of my mouth before I could bite them back, and Gavin shook his head.
“I’m not doing this. Move.”
“Are you bringing a date?”
“Daire.” Gavin balled his hands at his sides, vibrating with fury. “Move.”
Seeing I wasn’t getting anywhere, I reluctantly moved out of his way. But as he left his room, I followed.
“Who is it?”
“Oh my God.” Gavin grabbed his key card and wallet off the entry table, and I kept pace with him, determined to find out who hissecondchoice was for tonight.
What? No. I’d never been a fucking choice, but I sure as hell wanted to know who he’d called up to?—
“It’s Trevor, okay?” Gavin swiped his key card.
Trevor theTool? He had to be joking.
“The same guy who cares more about his car than you?” I snorted. “Yeah, good choice.”
“He’s better than you.” The elevator door swished open, and he stepped inside, gluing himself to one side of the car. “At least he called me the next day to apologize for being a self-centered dick. You just went out of your way to prove youwereone.”
I had nothing to say to that. He was right. “He’s not good enough for you.”
“He’s not? Fine. Then you date me.”
I gripped the back of my neck in frustration. “I’m not good enough for you either.”
Gavin stared at me for a long moment, then shook his head. “Then you know what, Daire? You don’t get a say. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t push me away and want nothing to do with me but then say no one else can be with me either. That’s not fair.”
“Like I give a shit what’s fair. You think I’m gonna sit back and watch you get taken advantage of? Again?”
“Jesus.” Gavin sighed, a defeated expression on his face. “Can we not do this? It’s exhausting.”
As the elevator doors opened, he stepped out with a heaviness to his shoulders, like he was weighted down.
I tried to bite my tongue, but it seemed like no matter what I said, it wouldn’t be what he wanted to hear.
“What do you suggest?” I found myself saying.
Gavin spun around to face me. “A truce. We both agree to move on and stop hating each other.”
Hate? That wasn’t what I felt for Gavin, but it was better than the alternative.
“I can’t promise I won’t say anything if your date goes all superdouche.”
“Can you maybetry? Can you manage that? For me?”
The pleading in Gavin’s eyes caught me like a snare, and I couldn’t seem to stop myself from nodding. Not exactly a full truce, but it was enough of an agreement that Gavin took his first full breath since he’d walked out of his room.
