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In a way, he had welcomed the need to put aside his problems with MJ while visiting his old home. The scars he had suffered from the past had long healed. When he had looked at Dahlia, not even resentment had flickered to life. All he had wanted at that time was to get as far away as possible from her and everything that was connected to the Andreadis clan.
But now, it was time to face his problems.
As easily as that, the memories came flooding back in, reminding him of the footage he had obsessively watched, replaying the moment MJ had allowed the other man into her room over and over.
Had they done it? Of course they fucking had. No sane man would do nothing when allowed inside the room of the girl he liked.
Imagining MJ in the arms of another man left him sickened and enraged, but he did his best to control it. Had MJ felt the same all those times she had been confronted with the sight of another woman in his bed when she was just a volunteer at the club?
Helios switched his phone on.
Finding out about Rick’s disappearance out of the blue felt like the ground he had been standing on had suddenly caved in. It had made him think of MJ and how she, too, could so easily disappear from his life. He didn’t want that to happen, nor did he want for another day to be wasted with him clinging to his stupid pride.
If MJ had given herself to another man...then so be it. But it wouldn’t fucking happen again because he would never let her out of her sight after this. He loved MJ, and he would do whatever it took to keep her with him.
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MJ was out at the school’ssoccer field, taking photos of the varsity team and cheerleaders in action and hoping to sell it to the yearbook committee and the college paper, when her phone rang. She froze when she saw who was calling and after another second’s hesitation, she slowly put her camera down on her lap and reached for her phone.
This was the first time he had called since the other night. Sincethathappened.
“Hello?”
Helios closed his eyes at the sound of her voice, which was more than enough to replenish his tired spirit. He heard the noise in the background and asked, “Are you outside?”
She gripped the phone tighter, a silly part of her imagining it as a way to hold on to Helios longer and to keep him talking to her. Barely two days had passed since he was gone and she already felt like she was dying from withdrawal symptoms.
A part of her wanted to get mad at him. Was this what being normal meant to him? No normal guy would just up and fly to Greece in a freaking private jet to find out who were spreading rumors about him. Actually, no normal guy would have someone freaking spreadfakerumors about him. Because that was what Helios had wanted her to believe, wasn’t it?
Another part of her just wanted to bawl out and cry. She felt so guilty about what happened between her and Jack. She knew she only had herself to blame for it. Helios had already warned her without words, but she had paid him no heed. And so it happened.
So many things she wanted to say, but in the end all she could say was, “Yeah. I’m at the soccer field, taking pictures.” She wanted to thump her head on the cold hard ground. God. She. Was. An. Idiot. Helios Andreadis was calling her long-distance. After their fight, he was the first one to unbend, the first one to call her. And that was all she had to say?
“I see.” Helios leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees and feeling like he was treading closer to the battleground the further in he was into the conversation. “How have you been?”
She tried to answer, but her voice caught in the end. How the heck, she wondered wildly, would she answer that?
Helios heard the unexpected tremor in MJ’s voice and asked sharply, “Are you okay?”
She couldn’t answer, tears clogging her throat.
“MJ? Answer me.”
She wanted to, but what could she say?
Suddenly, everything became clear. He said harshly, “I know about it.”
MJ gasped, one hand flying to cover her mouth as another sob escaped her.
Helios closed his eyes, the only way to ward off images of MJ and another man disappearing into her room together. “I know Jack was in your room the other night.”
She almost dropped her phone at his words.Oh God, oh God. He really did know. She thought about denying it, thought about asking how he knew, but what was the point? He knew.Oh God, Helios knew.
The silence that strained between them made Helios’ breathing harsh. He wished, he wished and prayed with all his fucking might that she would deny it but the more time passed, the more the truth began to sink in.
They had done it.
Another man now knew the feel and taste of MJ’s body.
