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“She won’t be your best friend for long if you keep treating her that way.”
But he’s wrong. Mandy and I will be best friends forever.
Well, as long as I don’t fuck it up—and fuck her again.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Amanda
“Why didn’t you tell me you had lunch with Benjamin Black?” Frankie demands.
I shrug. “I guess it didn’t seem important.”
“Not important? He’s filthy rich and more handsome than a Greek god.”
“And you seem to be minus your engagement ring…again…”
“It’s in my purse. I took it off when we were trying on clothes.”
I could catch her in the lie. It would be easy, but what would be the point? I saw her slip it into her purse as soon as she saw Jack and Ben at the juice place.
Is this wedding even going to happen?
Probably not. Penn and Frankie have been on-again, off-again so many times, and now she’s worried that he didn’t come home last night.
At least she’s got someone. Sort of. I’ve got no one, and my best friend—my Jackson—has been treating me like complete crap.
Which means I go my own way.
I’ll start with Michael and the workout. Then maybe I’ll change the bio on my Lustr profile.
Or…maybe I’ll try to get back into Black Rose.
Whatever I decide, I don’t have to make my decision now. Now, all I have to do is go to the gym. Meet Michael. Have him work my butt off. I hope he’s not one of those intense trainers who will kick my ass and make me sore for the next week. I hate that, though it’s probably what I need.
“He is dreamy, isn’t he?”
“Yeah, he is,” I say absently.
“So what happened? When you had lunch with Ben Black?”
Right. She’s talking about Ben. Not Jackson.
“I was supposed to meet Jack for lunch at our favorite sushi dive last week. He had to cancel at the last minute, and Ben Black walked in. He bought me some sushi. And then, when he went out to answer a phone call, I left.”
“Why?”
Why indeed?
Jack had already blown me off. Why didn’t I stay? Why didn’t I get to know Ben?
And the answer hits me in the face with a cement block.
Benjamin Black is so far out of my league, I knew it would be best to escape before he let me down gently.
Not that it even matters.
I’m in love with one man and one man only. The man who thought it was a mistake to sleep with me, the man who wouldn’t talk to me last night, the man who left my place without saying goodbye this morning.
