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“You were so convincing. Was it worth your virginity to get close to Coda?” She heard the venom in his voice, but he was angry and hurt. He couldn’t mean the things he said.
“Stop it.” She moved to stand next to him, looking into his eyes, trying to find their connection. They were distant and cold. “You don’t mean that.”
“You were so sincere that first time. I bought your act. I thought it was real. You gave yourself to me and I...” His voice cracked as he waved his hand in the air. She’d never seen him so flustered and unfocused.
“Everything that happened between us was real. This was always about the two of us. Don’t doubt that.”
“I doubt you.” He glanced at the envelope with that stupid background check. “I doubt everything you’ve ever said to me.”
“No,” she whispered as he walked out of her apartment, slamming the door behind him. “I love you,” she sobbed.
She pressed her forehead against the door before turning and sliding down the thick wooden structure. This wasn’t the way this was supposed to turn out. She never meant to hurt him.
Chapter 14
As Tyler poured anotherdrink, the banging on the door intensified. He didn’t want to be bothered tonight. Why couldn’t they leave him alone?
“Go away!” he shouted.
“Tyler, Coda and I are coming in,” Spencer responded.
“It’s not like I can stop you from interfering in my life any more than you already have.” He downed the vodka and quickly poured another before they came in and took it away. He’d need all the alcohol he could get if Spencer was coming in.
“Whoa.” Coda placed her hand on the glass and pulled it from him. “How many of these have you had?”
“Does it matter?” He snatched the glass back from her, spilling the alcohol on Coda’s shirt in his attempt.
“Watch it,” Spencer warned.
“Sorry, Coda,” Tyler said. “You two should leave. I’m not in the mood for guests. Just go.”
“We need to talk,” his brother said.
“About the background check? I don’t want to talk about it.” He plopped down on the sofa. “Isn’t it enough that you were right?”
“Did you open the file?” his brother asked.
“Sammy played me.” Tyler poured another drink to replace the one he had spilled, trying not to think about the pain his girlfriend caused him. “I went to her apartment and asked her to tell me what was in it before I opened it. At that point, she knew I had her. She had no choice but to fess up.”
“I don’t believe that,” Coda said. “I know she cares about you. She has serious feelings for you.”
“Oh, Coda.” Tyler wasn’t sure how he should tell his sister-in-law what he had learned. “Sammy told me that, well...”
“We already know,” Spencer said. “Coda went to see her mother this afternoon. She didn’t know I had run the background check. She had her own suspicions.”
