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He exited the gallery, leaving me with a wild heart and a few remaining tears.
Marie walked over to me and smiled. “Seriously, Stella. Your boyfriend is so hot.”
“That’s not my boyfriend.”
“Oh?”
“It’s my husband.”
Within seconds, I was calling his name. “Damian, wait!” I exclaimed, racing out of the building toward him. He turned to look at me, and he looked devastatingly hurt in those ocean blues of his. His expression surprised me a little as I walked closer to him. “Wait, what’s wrong?”
He cleared his throat and shook his head. “Nothing.”
“You’re lying. What’s wrong? Are you okay?” I asked. Without thought, my hand landed on his forearm. He looked down at our touch, then raised his head to look at me. He appeared on the verge of showing more emotion than I knew was possible to receive from him.
His lips parted, and he flicked his thumb against the bridge of his nose. “You’re a good person, Stella.”
My heartbeats… momentarily controlled by him.
“Thank you, Damian.”
“No.” He shook his head. “You don’t understand. You’re a really good person. You see the good everywhere and in everyone, but they don’t all deserve it.”
“Damian—”
“You’re a good person, who cares, and not that fake bullshit kind of care that people pretend to have, but you love people, so deeply, and that’s why this pisses me off so much because a lot of bad things happen to good people, but they shouldn’t happen to people like you. And I know Maple told me I was capable of not being blunt, but I don’t know how not to be blunt with this, and that pisses me off, too.”
Now I was getting nervous. “What’s going on, Damian?”
“Kelsey didn’t come with me tonight because we first went to dinner.”
“Oh? Did something go wrong?”
“Yes. Based on my few observations, I already assumed, but I needed more concrete proof before bringing this information to you. So, we went to dinner.”
“I’m sorry, I’m confused at what you’re getting at.”
His hand ran over his mouth, and his nerves were wreaking my own. When he spoke, his words felt like a foreign language. “They’re sleeping together.”
I paused, baffled by his words. “I’m sorry, what? Who’s sleeping together?”
“Jeff and Kelsey. They are sleeping together, and I have a feeling it’s been going on for a while.”
I laughed because what else was I supposed to do? “That’s ridiculous.”
“It’s true.”
“What? No. It’s not.” My head shook as I was flabbergasted that he’d even say such a thing. “What are you talking about? No, they aren’t.”
“Yes, Stella, they are.”
“What’s wrong with you? Why would you even say that? I… that doesn’t even make sense. Kelsey likes you.”
“No. She doesn’t.”
“Yes, she does! She just told me! She’s been talking about you like crazy at work, and—”
“They’re sleeping together.”
