Page 377 of Good Boys Don’t Bite

“Did you kill Tyler because you slept with him?”

“No.”

“Did he hurt you?”

Silence. There. Ronan’s face changed. Everything else disappeared. Jealousy. Anger. All of it.

“What did he do?”

Elliot stared. Saint said:

“Tell him.”

Ronan’s voice lowered.

“Elliot.”

He swallowed.

“Tyler drugged me.”

Ronan stopped breathing. Rebecca’s face changed behind the glass. Saint remained silent. Elliot continued because stopping would be worse.

“I didn’t know until after.”

Ronan’s expression emptied.

“When?”

“January.”

“What happened?”

Elliot shook his head.

“No.”

Ronan stepped closer.

“You don’t have to give details.”

That surprised him. Ronan’s voice softened.

“Just tell me enough.”

Elliot looked down.

“I woke up at his apartment.”

Silence.

“I remembered drinking with him. Not leaving.”

Ronan’s hand closed around Elliot’s wrist. Gentle. Not restraint. Contact. Elliot continued.

“He acted like it was normal.”

His throat tightened.