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“Bid.”
“One hundred thousand,” I call out.
He tsks at my offer.
An older lady in the room cackles and bids higher.
“You can do better,” he whispers.
“Three hundred thousand,” I say, then look back at him. “That’s my last one. I don’t have anymore.”
Someone offers half a million, and Jake gives me an expectant look.
“I can’t,” I insist.
“Bid. Now.”
“No,” I say, crossing my arms over my chest.
His eyes fall to my breasts, and he licks his lips before he shakes his head.
“One million,” he says and then points to me. “You will give me two dates.” He glances over to the hostess and orders, “End it,” before he stalks off, leaving me standing there, baffled.
Did he just bid on himself for me?
Walking off the stage, I find Kyler waiting for me.
“Seems you have caught the eye of Jake,” he says as if all that didn’t just happen right in front of his eyes.
“Do you still love me?” I ask.
Kyler studies me, and that’s all it takes for me to know.
Looking into his eyes, I don’t see the man who once loved me as if I am his everything. I see a man who sees me as a burden, just something to keep his name clean. “Actually, don’t answer that. I already know the answer… It’s just taken me a while to get there.” I turn to walk away, but he grabs my arm.
“We’ll talk when we get home,” he says.
That’s when he should have told me I was being silly and that he does love me. But no, those words don’t leave his mouth.
And his silence alone breaks my heart a little more.
I pull my arm free and walk out straight to the waiting car.
And I go home.
Alone.
Kyler doesn’t show up until I’m fast asleep that night. And even if I’d been awake, by then, I didn’t have the energy to talk to him.
When I wake the next morning, I turn over to see him lying on his stomach, still sleeping. I grab my phone and flick it open while I wait for him to rouse.
Unknown: I prefer my ladies in red. Dress in red.
I stare at the message, confused. I go to delete it, and then I realize who it’s from.
Me: I prefer my men dressed in pink. Dress in pink.
“You’re awake.” I turn to see Kyler with one eye open, his face smooshed into his pillow as he looks at me.
