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“Who is this? Why are you texting my boyfriend?”
My hand tightens around the phone at the sound of her voice.
Margie’svoice, releasing in a nasty snarl.
I clear my throat and lower my tone, attempting for it to sound masculine. “Sorry. Wrong number.”
Click.
The phone rings again.
James calling.
The best morning of my life—waking up, wrapped in Rex’s arms—has been ruined by him. Tears slip down my cheeks, and I quickly push them away with my arm, ridding the evidence for when Rex comes back.
“Everything okay?”
The phone falls from my hand when Rex walks into the room, a towel around his waist, water droplets on his chest.
“You look like you saw a ghost,” he adds, concern on his face.
I shake my head and hate myself for lying to him. “It’s just Margie.”
Technically, it isn’t a full lie.
It was Margie.
“Still blowing her off?” He drops the towel, and my mind momentarily forgets my issues at the sight of him naked. I frown when he pulls a pair of gray sweatpants on. “Don’t you think it’d be right to clear the air and tell her everything? She deserves that.”
I flick my phone farther away from me on the bed as if it were poisonous. “I’m not blowing her off. I’m keeping my distance.”Same thing, but it sounds better.
He swipes a shirt from a drawer, pulling it over his head. “It’s not fair to her.”
“Life isn’t fair sometimes.” I cross my arms. “I’m not opening that can of worms. It’s better for her to think I hate her than for her to hate me.”
“She wouldn’t hate you.”
“She called me a skank-ass ho.”
“Technically, she didn’t callyoua skank-ass ho.”
“Close to it.”
“Not even close.”
“Look, I’ll reach out when I feel comfortable.” I jump up from the bed with a frown on my face. “I need to get ready for work.”
20
Rex
I brokethe cardinal rule of our friendship.
I fucked Carolina.
And I have no regrets.
My heart feels closer to hers, our connection stronger, and I’m pissed I didn’t take this step forever ago. It’d sure have saved us from a lot of troubles.
