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“What’s going on?” Ian nudges me with his beer bottle, a little too hard.
“It’s nothing. She’s the mother of my child. I’m just trying to—”
“He’s lying,” Agatha declares. “He’s up to something.”
I bay at her, not that it bothers her.
“Do you like her, Zayn?” The words are mocking, no malicious intent behind them, but she must have seen something shift in my eyes because the smirk slides from her face and she sobers up. “Are you serious?”
“Wait, what?” Philip blinks. “You and Eve?”
Ian sounds hesitant. “Man, is that even a good idea? You’ve got a kid together.”
Agatha doesn’t say anything, her eyes narrowed.
I wonder what she is thinking, and I stare at the guys. “Look, lay—”
“She’s the one, isn’t she?” Agatha’s voice is soft, shock apparent in her tone.
I wince.
Even Fergus stops pretending to clean the glass at this point. “The who, now?”
However, Agatha isn’t paying attention to any of them, her glittering blue eyes fixed on me as the pieces fall together in her head.
“When she left five years ago, you were miserable,” she breathes, staring at me. “I didn’t put the dots together because you never hung around her when we were around. Oh, God, you were so careful!”
It is like someone opened a history book and is walking me through it, showing me feelings and emotions that I buried for so long.
“I always thought there was a woman. But you always denied it, and you kept sleeping around. It was almost as if you wanted to prove me wrong.”
I don’t want to go back there, I realize.
I don’t want to remember the past. I don’t want to experience the burning agony that seared my heart when I let Eve walk away from me, from when I pushed her away.
“That’s enough, Agatha.” My tone is harsh.
Ian gives me a warning look, but Agatha shakes her head. “It was more than a one-night stand for you, wasn’t it, Zayn?”
Why don’t I want them to know?
Because they will ask why I let her walk away.
Because I don’t want them to see the darkness that resides in the corners of my soul.
Agatha glances at Ian before looking at me, asking slowly, “Are you in love with Eve, Zayn?”
All eyes turn towards me, waiting for me to answer.
I don’t want them to know.
I down the remaining whiskey, not even feeling the burn in my throat.
“What if I am?” I don’t stare at any of them.
Fergus is the first one to grin. “Well, it’s about damn time.”
Agatha blinks. “Well, yeah, that makes things different. I can try to befriend her.” She makes a decisive noise. “I’ll charm her socks off. Just you see.”
