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Had he just been slumming it with her? The stupid little bookstore owner that was good enough, and pretty enough while he was on vacation?
The crank on her door’s pulley system gave way and Nic slid the steel door open.
Bella’s eyebrows shot up. “That key is for emergencies.”
Nic stalked in. “I think this qualifies.” She reached out and snatched the iPad out of her hands.
“Hey!”
Nic slapped h
er hand. “No. You will not look at web searches with Logan and skanky Aimee.”
“I wasn’t.”
Nic looked down and turned the tablet around. “Oh really?”
A picture of Logan with his arms around Aimee’s waist and cheek pressed against hers on the freaking French Riviera filled the screen.
Bella fell backwards on her bed. “How did I not know about that?”
Was that her whiny voice? Just shoot her for God’s sake.
“From what I gathered, they broke up a while ago, but hook up randomly.”
Bella lifted her head and peered at her best friend. “You told me not to fall into the vortex of Logan and Aimee web browsing.”
“Well, of course you’re not supposed to. But as best friend, I have the dirty job of gathering intel.”
Bella flopped back down. “Nic logic, I forgot.”
The bed dipped. “Honey, you know how the tabloids get. I can’t find concrete proof that they’ve even been together for the last six months.”
“You didn’t see his face when I asked him. He couldn’t have looked guiltier if I’d caught him with his pants around his ankles and her naked in his arms.”
“Okay, enough with the vivid imagination. That is not healthy.”
“Right. Because that pales into comparison to the ten different web posts I found in the last hour with me as the star idiot. My mouth hanging open and Logan standing there looking stupid with that goddamn dragon in his arms.” She squeezed her eyes shut, but it was too late, tears were falling down her temples. “So stupid.”
“No, you weren’t the stupid one. He was.” Nic hauled her up by the arm and into her arms.
Bella rested her head on Nic’s shoulder. “My instincts are usually so much better than this.”
“We all have that one guy that makes us extra dumb.”
“You didn’t.”
“Oh, honey. Adam made me extra dumb. Sometimes we keep them, and sometimes we throw those fish back. And sometimes we leave the hook in their mouth and hope they bleed out.”
She didn’t want to laugh, but a watery chuckle came out anyway. She slipped away from Nic and stood up. Everything on her hurt. As if her body knew just how bad she was feeling and was commiserating. She winced at her alarm clock. She needed to meet Cam in twenty minutes to make sure the Saturday night crowd was covered. Two bands from New Jersey were coming in for the main stage show in the park. Not to mention that she would have to show her face.
As much as she wanted to crawl into her bed and ignore the world, this was her home. And she would have to walk with her head held high long after Logan King rolled out of town.
She snapped her favorite pair of jeans off a hanger.
“Unh-uh. Cute dress is the correct choice, honey. You need to look extra hot and fuckable.”
Bella swung around. “I do not.”
