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My heart was pounding out of my chest, waiting for his retort. This was his opportunity to speak up and be honest. Jax trusted him. One of the first things Caleb told me was that he wasn’t a liar, and I believed him. I needed him to come through on his word.
But Jax replied for him, “What’s with the attitude, Evie? I’m not throwing you off on him.”
“I don’t like being treated like a child. I don’t need anyone’s protection. I can take care of myself.” Glaring at Caleb, I alluded, “If you think you can use me, then think again.”
“Evie!”
Caleb stepped toward me. “It’s fine, Jax. She’s just a kid throwing a temper tantrum.”
“You fuc—” I caught myself. “I need to go.”
“Evie, what is your problem?” Jax exclaimed.
“Him!” I pointed at Caleb. “He’s my problem!”
“Man, I am so sorry,” Jax apologized. “She doesn’t normally act this insane.”
“You need to call in for that phone interview, Jax.”
“Shit.” He looked down at his phone. “I forgot about that. I’m going to step out real quick.” Nodding to me, he mouthed, “You need to chill,” before he left us alone.
As soon as we heard the door close, Caleb was in my face.
In a sharp tone, he snarled, “That’s enough, Evie.”
He caught me off guard, causing me to completely lose my shit.
—Caleb—
“Oh, so now you know me? That’s convenient for you. Should we call Jax back into the room, so he knows his best friend just fucked his baby sister like what? Two, three hours ago? And now he’s trying to fuck her over?”
I wanted to tear my hair out. I couldn’t believe this was even happening. Out of all the women in the world, she ends up being my best friend’s little sister.
Fuck me.
“Evie ... you need to stop acting like a child.”
“Well then, you need to stop acting like you don’t know me. What the hell was that? Are you really going to keep this charade up?”
“Sweetheart, we barely know each other. It was one day.”
She jerked back. The hurt was evident all over her face.
What could I do?
Either way, I was fucked.
“So everything you said last night was bullshit? What was that? Just a game to get me into bed?”
“You know that’s not true.”
“I don’t know shit. All I know is I showed up to my brother’s house, and the man who told me that I make him question everything is pretending like he doesn’t know me.”
“I promised you nothing.”
“Are you for real?”
“If I had known Jax was your brother, Evie, last night wouldn’t have happened.”
