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I wasn’t sure where any of that came from. I shouldn’t have been an asshole. It wasn’t Piper’s fault that I did what I had to, to survive. I went to hell for her. Literally.
It took everything in me not to go to her. To apologize. To tell her how sorry I was for being a dick. To tell her I loved her. But those words wouldn’t leave my mouth, no matter how much I wanted them to. I wasn’t sure why. I wasn’t scared of commitment. I had been committed to her long before Paris ever happened. It was one reason I had stopped sleeping around. But I was definitely scared of something. Maybe I feared how she would respond once she found out all that I had done. The men I had taken out. The fights I started. The name I had made for myself so I wouldn’t have to walk around in fear.
My phone took that moment to ring, interrupting my thoughts. “Mercer.”
A soft laugh slid into my ear. “I don’t think you’ve ever actually said hello whenever I’ve called you.”
“Candace.” I rubbed the back of my neck and moved to the couch. “Why are you calling?” Not that I didn’t mind hearing from people now that I was out of jail, but she wasn’t one of them. The bar she owned with her husband, Ronny, was a place for us to get away and unwind.
“Well, I wasn’t expecting that,” she mumbled.
“Yeah, listen, you can’t be calling me anymore.”
“I heard you got out and wanted to see how you were doing, that’s all.”
“I’m fine,” I muttered, not liking how fast the news traveled that I was no longer in jail.
“Life’s biggest lie.” She sighed. “Did you meet your daughter yet?”
The hackles on the back of my neck rose, not liking that anyone outside of my family and friends, knew about Piper and Brynn.
“Lose my number, Candace.”
A cough sounded.
My head snapped up, finding Piper standing at the entrance to the hallway.
“Jaron, you can’t mean that.”
“I do.” I disconnected the call and made sure to block her number. Piper and I had enough shit to work through. I didn’t need an ex causing any issues.
“Who the hell is Candace?” Piper demanded, her cheeks reddening.
“No one important.” I rose from the couch and took a step toward her. “I just blocked her number. I didn’t know she still had mine.”
“Who is she to you?”
“No one, baby. I promise.”
Piper spun on her heel and ran back down the hall. The sound of a door slamming shut jarred through me.
Fuck me.
What the hell just happened?
Piper
Maybe I was overreacting.I knew Jaron had other women before me, but I never expected one of them to be calling him. What did she want?
Did they date?
Was he ever in love with her?
Was she in love with him?
Did he think he wasn’t good enough for her?
Why? Why the hell after all of this time, had he never told me about her?
