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“How long after?” I asked, surprising myself with how level my tone was.
“Aoife.”
“How long, Paul?”
“Does it matter?”
“I gave you my truth.”
“That same night.”
“At the disco?”
He nodded once.
“Wow,” I breathed, shoulders sagging.
Well, that was just perfect.
Joey was fucking Danielle, Paul was fucking this Bella, meanwhile,I was fucking myself over.
Perfect.
“I’m sorry, Aoife,” he hurried to say. “It was a huge mistake. It meant nothing, and I honest to God felt like the worst piece of shit on the planet afterwards.”
“Was she blonde?”
“Huh?”
“Blonde,” I croaked out. “Was she blonde?”
“No,” he replied, tone gruff. “She had black hair.”
“At least that.”
“I’m so sorry, Aoif.”
“Yeah.” I dropped my head on his shoulder and sighed. “Me, too, Paul.”
“Can I ask you a question?”
I nodded.
“Why haven’t you?”
“Why haven’t I what?”
“You and him.” He cleared his throat. “We were off. You had the perfect opportunity to get him out of your system.”
“Get him out of my system?”
“You know what I mean.”
I turned to look at him but didn’t have an answer. “It’s not going to happen,” I offered instead, physically recoiling at the memory of hearing those godawful words coming out of Joey’s mouth. All mixed with the memory of seeing him with her that night. “I need to get over him.”
“Well, I don’t want things to be over between us,” he said, reaching over to take my hand in his. “I care a lot about you, Aoif.”
“I care about you, too,” I replied, feeling numb.
