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“Don’t go there, Erica.”
“Come on, babes,” she crooned, “let’s go have some fun. Sneak upstairs and defile your old room.”
“No.” Taking a step back, I placed my half empty bottle down and moved aside. “Now, if you’ll excuse me…”
“Will you stop,” Erica reached out, grabbing the strings of my shorts, pulling hard enough that I stumbled. “Why are you being like this? Cold?”
“How about you answer my questions first? Huh?”
“What,” she huffed.
“Why are you here?” I countered, brow raised while removing her hands from my swim trunks. My actions weren’t gentle either; she needed to keep her hands off. “How did you even know I’d be home?”
Because we hadn’t kept in touch after graduating. As a matter of fact, the day we broke up was the last I’d heard of her.
“Emily posted that you were home on her Facebook account and I thought that maybe—”
“Let me stop you right there.” I leaned back against the outdoor kitchen’s counter and watched her through narrowed eyes. “Whatever it is that you’re hoping will happen, won’t. I have no interest in reconnecting with you. None. Please stop embarrassing yourself—begging doesn’t look good on anyone.”
“Fuck you, Hunter.”
“Again, not interested. And please, don’t touch me.”
“Afraid she’ll see I’m better—”
“Not in a million fucking years could you ever place yourself in her category. There’s no vanity, jealousy, or malignant thoughts inside of Bailey, and that alone outshines you. Stop while you’re ahead.”
“That’s it? After everything we’ve shared.” She was grasping at invisible straws. “You still care. I know you do.”
Fuck this. I was done.
“Goodbye, Erica. Enjoy the barbecue or go home. Either way, I don’t care.” She sputtered beside me, but nothing intelligible came out. Instead, her hands shook while I took a sip of my beer. “My girl’s waiting for me, and that won’t do. She’s the one who matters. She’s everything to me and always has been.”
“You can’t mean that?”
“I do.” With that, I walked off and didn’t look back.
I had bigger problems to deal with than a petty, jealous ex.
Brad being one, and the other, my Bailey.
Her lack of trust in me needed to be fixed.
She had to accept my feelings.
Let me in.
Let me love her.
***
Chapter 7:
Sunday Funday #2
Bailey
HIS PRESENCE WAS ALL CONSUMING.
