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Chapter 37
Why do all dogs go to heaven but not all people? Because people are jerks. Plain and simple.
Juniper
Iscan the backyard filled with my family and friends. It’s the perfect day to celebrate an engagement. My phone buzzes in my pocket. Not completely perfect after all. Why can’t he leave me alone?
You’d think he’d have gotten the hint by now. We’re over. Although, we never really actually began. It’s hard to have a relationship when half of the couple rushes off the morning after sex. Once, I’d understand. I may have even understood twice. But when he hit double digits, I was done.
“Here.” Aspen presses a glass into my hand.
I sniff the drink and nearly rear back at the strong scent of alcohol. “What is this?”
“A martini.”
“This is not a martini.”
“Yes, it is. Gin and vodka equals martini.”
I shiver. “What about the vermouth?”
“Trust me. You’re going to need the fortification.”
I pause with my lips on the glass. “What are you talking about?”
“It’s your turn.”
“My turn?”
Lilac and Ashlyn join us.
“I believe she means she’s going to meddle in your love life next,” Lilac says.
I retreat a step. “What about you? Why can’t she meddle in your love life?”
“Please,” Aspen draws out the word. “I think we all know Lilac will be the last of us to pair off, and she’s going to need the most help. It’s for the best if all of us are happily paired up before we set our sights on matching Lilac.”
“What if I don’t want to be happily paired off?”
Ashlyn barks out a laugh. “Liar.”
“I am not lying,” I sneer at her.
I’m done with men. Men who make tons of promises before they get you in their bed and then disappear before you wake up the next morning. Men who can’t be bothered to answer your calls until you start ignoring them. I hate games. In fact, I’m thinking I hate most people at the moment.
The crowd buzzes and I glance over at the back porch expecting to see Ellery and Cole emerge from the house. It’s about time. But the happy couple is still missing from their own party.
“Someone’s not a secret admirer anymore,” Ashlyn sings.
I scan the crowd and there he is. Maverick Langston. Shit.
Aspen and Lilac stare at him with their mouths hanging open as he stalks across the lawn toward us.
“You knew about him?” Aspen asks Ashlyn before he reaches us.
“Of course. Juniper and I don’t have secrets.”
I snort. “She means she followed me to work and spied on me.”
