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The past or the present.
The unexpected rage in Paige’s stare was enough to render Tristian’s wife speechless.
Within seconds, Paige spewed, “What the fuck are you doing here?”
Her sharp tone caught them off guard. Belle lightly gasped while
Tristian immediately asked, “I take it you two know each other?”
Without taking my intense stare off of her, I responded, “You could say that.”
“You could say a lot of things,” she added. “Most of them would be lies.”
“Cherry—”
“Don’t you dare call me that,” she warned through a clenched jaw.
The memory of why I gave her the nickname played out in between us as if it were happening right then and there and not almost a decade and a half ago. I’d be lying if I said I never thought about her. Especially when I was around my younger brother, who used to be her best friend.
Paige’s steady composure was solid while she continued to act like she wasn’t once mine. It didn’t matter how pissed off she appeared, I knew what was beneath her blue dress and fuck-me heels.
Shifting my gaze to Tristian, he read my mind.
“Belle, let’s give them some privacy.”
She nodded. “We’ll be in the living room.” They left, leaving us alone in their kitchen.
Despite Paige’s anger directed at me, I swept a strand of her bright red hair away from her face and placed it behind her ear like I used to. Only reigniting this deep connection that had always been there between us.
No matter how much we tried to stay away from one another…
We couldn’t.
I couldn’t.
She may have been my brother’s best friend, but she was also the only woman I’d ever loved. It didn’t stop me from breaking her heart though.
Bottom line, I did what I had to do.
My fingers lingered against her soft cheek for a second before she abruptly snapped back.
“Don’t touch me.” Maintaining the hard edge in her tone, she bit out her words. “I won’t ask you again, Adrian. What the fuck are you doing here?”
Unable to hold back the grin, I baited her. “I don’t remember you having such a dirty mouth, Cherry. What happened to my good girl?”
She narrowed her vicious gaze at me. “She grew up and realized she was just another conquest for you. Like all the other girls before and after her.”
“Paige,” I coaxed, remaining in control. “Is this how you’re going to behave?”
“Don’t talk to me like that.”
“Like what?”
“You know exactly what you’re doing. Now answer my question. Why the hell are you here?”
I did the only thing I could do, replying with the truth…
“I’m here to see you.”
