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Our attention drifted to the woman in question, realizing all too quickly, who she was.
And when I used her…
To push Autumn away.
Chapter Thirteen
—Autumn—
Then
This was the first time I was going to see Julian since he’d kissed me two weeks ago. I still felt his mouth on my lips, and sometimes I’d catch myself touching them to feel him all over again. I couldn’t wait to see him. I was wearing a yellow maxi dress, anxiously waiting for his arrival.
It was my seventeenth birthday, and my parents were throwing me a huge party. I knew he’d be here. He wouldn’t miss it.
“Honey, you look amazing,” Mom announced, coming into my bedroom. “Where did my little girl go?”
I smiled. I did look older, and I felt older too.
Would Julian notice?
“Your brother was looking for you.”
“What did he want?”
“He said something about Julian’s date.”
It was as if a pile of bricks fell right on my head. “Julian’s date?”
“I know.” She chuckled. “Maybe he will actually settle down with this one for a little while. Who knows. I stopped trying to keep track of all his dates when he turned sixteen, but I swear he’s been a heartbreaker since he was a little boy.”
I wanted to cry.
“Are you okay?”
Our eyes connected. “Yeah.”
“Honey, you look like you’ve seen a ghost. You’re so pale. What happened?”
“Nothing.” I turned around, trying to hide my pain.
“Was it something I said? Are you upset with your brother? Is it Julian?”
“It’s nothing, Mom.”
“Sweetie, it doesn’t look like nothing to me. Talk to me. What’s going on?”
“I just think Julian hasn’t met the right girl yet. That’s all. I think you need to give him more credit than his bedhopping ways.”
“Autumn,” Christian announced, and our stares snapped in his direction. He was leaning against the doorframe of my bedroom. He looked so handsome, wearing a gray button-down and black slacks.
“You clean up nice,” I remarked, smiling.
“Don’t try to change the subject. Do you really think Julian is ever going to settle down?”
I shrugged. “Maybe.”
“Oh, come on!” He laughed. “You can’t be serious! Julian Locke? My best friend? The biggest womanizer from here to Dallas? He’s going to die an eternal bachelor. Trust me. I live with him, and he brings home different women all the time. Just last weekend, he brought home two.”
