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“Then use it.” There’s no hint of sarcasm in his tone as he straightens, cradling his head, probably because of both the hangover and the injury.
Astrid twists her lips in disapproval. “Are we really not going to address the elephant in the room?”
“Your drama queen tendencies, you mean?” Daniel asks with an innocent smile that creases his cheeks with gorgeous dimples.
“Her!” She points at me. “What is she doing here? And why are you fucking her of all people?”
“For the last time, her name is Nicole. She came with me—more accurately, I dragged her here against her will. And who I fuck has nothing to do with you last I checked.”
My lips tremble and I tighten my hold on the shawl, my fingers digging into my palms.
I’m checking to see if I’m dreaming.
If this is one of those fantasy subconscious things where I picture Daniel picking me.
There’s pain in my palms.
So this is real.
He’s actually taking my side over Astrid’s. Hisbest friendAstrid.
The Astrid who always came before me. Whom he befriended upon minutes of meeting her while he glared at me for years.
“Are you listening to yourself? She’s the bitch Nicole, Dan! The ‘you’re a loser, go wank a pole’ Nicole. The ‘you’re not good enough to breathe the same air as me, try in two decades’ Nicole. The ‘I’m going to suck off Levi to get back at Astrid’ Nicole. Have you forgotten what she’s done?”
I wince at the reminder of my mean track record. And I’m once again struck by how much I changed and she didn’t.
Oil and water. That’s what Astrid and I were and will always be.
“Obviously, you haven’t.” Daniel isn’t the least bit fazed. “And here I thought those spawns of yours deleted some of your memories.”
“I’ll never forgether.”
“Kinda obsessive, but okay, Bug. Are you done?”
“I’m not done until she leaves.”
“Stop talking about me as if I’m not here.” I stare at her, my voice surprisingly calm.
“I’m not talking to you.”
“Yes, you are if you keep throwing jabs my way.” I straighten my spine. “If you want to say something, say it to my face. You never shied away from that before.”
“Okay then, we’re doing this.” She pauses for dramatic effect. “What the hell do you want from Daniel when you always considered him worse than dirt under your Louboutins? Did you hear about his success and picked up gold-digging as a side job?”
“I never asked for a dime of his money. I’m his assistant, not a gold-digger.”
“She’s your assistant?” She directs her question at Daniel, then stares at me. “You’re an assistant. Wow. How the mighty have fallen.”
“If you intend to make me feel small, it won’t work. I already adjusted to my new life and nothing you could say or do would have an effect on me.”
“That’s good and all, but why Daniel? You hated him. You fucking spiked his drink and raped him!”
I can feel Daniel stiffening beside me as my fingers turn clammy. I stare at him, dumbfounded.
He told her I raped him?
I…rapedhim?
