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“Some of us are trying to drink some coffee. Disgusting.” I push the cup away.
My friend doesn’t even spare me a glance as she pulls away and whispers to Levi, “Can you go check on Lan? You know he shouldn’t be left alone for long.”
He strokes her cheek and nods. Then he glares at me. “Behave.”
“Yes, Captain,” I mock salute, and he flips me the bird.
As soon as he’s out of earshot, Astrid practically lunges to my side with the lethality of a coup d’état. “Explain.”
“What?” I grab hold of my cup of coffee and take a sip of the revolting thing, pretending it’s actually exquisite.
“Don’t give me that, Bug. You’re with Nicole, of all people, and that needs explanation.”
“I already told you…”
“You slept with her that night eleven years ago, okay, but how can you forget about everything else she did?”
“I didn’t. Which is why I couldn’t be in a relationship with her.” I release a breath. “I had feelings for her long before you came along, but I fought them harder than anything I’ve done in my life. I just couldn’t believe that I’d be into a bitch, especially after the way she treated you.”
Her lips part. “You…have feelings for Nicole?”
“Had. Did you miss the past tense?”
“You’re with her now after you’re all grown up, so don’t even dare to deny it.”
I grumble but say nothing.
“I’m still wounded.” She sighs, her voice lowering to a murmur. “She seduced Levi, Daniel and it hurt me so bad at the time.”
“She didn’t do it for the purpose of seduction or out of interest in Captain. It was her fucked-up way to get attention.” I can at least admit that now. She did a lot of twisted shit to get my attention and I chose to see her in the exact opposite light.
“Wow. You’re actually defending her.”
“She’s not who you think, Bugger.”
“Obviously. Am I speaking to you or your dick right now?”
“It’s not about my dick.”
“It obviously is! Did you forget that she had sex with Christopher Vans in our pool house while you were having these feelings for her?”
My jaw clenches and I slam the coffee cup on the table. “She didn’t have sex with Chris, Astrid. He raped her. What you saw that day was fucking rape.”
She gasps, her eyes widening. “W-what?”
“He took her against her will and hurt her. I’m not even supposed to tell you this, but I won’t tolerate it if you mention that word in front of her or insinuate that’s what she did to me.”
“But…but…she didn’t say anything…”
“She had a concussion.”
“Oh, God. Now that I think about it, she looked in pain.”
My fist clenches.
“I…” Moisture glitters in her lids. “I could’ve helped her but didn’t. I…was more disgusted than anything.”
“You didn’t know.”
