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Shae
I’msorry.IfI’dknown everything,Inever would have gone there withDevon.Iknow we need space right now, soI’mgoing home.ButIhope when we’ve had some time to figure out our feelings, we can talk some more.
Myhands shake and my vision blurs.Shechose him.Shefucking chose him.
Iquickly type back.
Me
Lookslike you got what you always wanted then.
Iswitch off my phone, shove it in my pocket, and head for my car with only one thing on my mind.
Oblivion.
* * *
Iwondered how long it would take before someone bothered to track me down.
Sevendays.Fourpractice sessions.ThreePRevents.
Ourmanager,Drew, has even called a couple of times, whichIfigure means everyone’s really pissed now.ImeetBeau’sglare across the bar and narrow my eyes at him in response, encircling the waist of the red-haired woman standing next to me.Ifpossible,Beau’sexpression gets icier.
So, what?Hegets to haveShae, butIcan’t be with anyone else?Drunkenfury whips through me, andIturn back to the woman—Kitty,Katie,Kelly, something like that anyway.Ignoringthe way my body instinctively wants to recoil,Itip my head down and press my lips to hers.
It’sa mistake.
Myevery molecule wants to be anywhere else but here.Kitty-Katie-Kelly’sscent, her mouth, the taste of her—it’s all wrong.She’snot whoIshould be kissing.MemoriesofShaeflash through my head, too fast for more than a passing glimpse.Heras a teenager, all long limbs and shy smiles, then as a young woman, smears of paint on her pretty face.Herin my arms, lips pressed against mine, her body welcoming me home.
Ijerk back and barely restrain myself from running the back of my hand over my mouth.
Shedoesn’t seem to notice my reaction.
“Mmm,” she purrs. “Myfriend andIare ready to have some fun if you want to take this party somewhere more comfortable.”
Asecond later,Beau’spushing his way through the crowd toward us, jaw locked, eyes shooting daggers at me, and anger fueled by resentment races through me.
“Let’sgo,”Isay, turning my back on my cousin.Kitty-Katie-Kelly’sblond friend latches on to her arm, and we make our way to the back entrance.IignoreBeaucalling out to me, and the three of us climb into the back of the carI’vegot waiting for me just as he pushes his way out of the door behind us.
I’vebeen staying in a hotel suite for the last few days.Mickdoesn’t need to put up with my bullshit, and there’s no wayI’mgoing back to our apartment.Sothat’s whereItake the girls.
Inthe elevator on the way up to my room,Iignore the two of them as they whisper and giggle excitedly.Islump against the wall of the elevator cab, close my eyes, and drop my head back.Insteadof looking forward to sinking my dick into these two, hot knives slice through my chest at the thought.Whatthe fuck amIdoing?Whatwill fucking these women prove?Thatwhat happened betweenShaeand me didn’t mean anything?ThatIdon’t care that she wantedBeaumore than me?
Theknives in my chest twist, andIrub the heel of my palm over my sternum.Thenagain, what is not fucking them going to prove?Shaedoesn’t want me.ShehasBeaunow.Whothe hell doIhave?
Noone.
No.
Fucking.
One.
Theyleft me, both of them.Ishould have known this would happen.Fuck, on some level,Idid know, right from the very start.Isn’tthat whyIcaused this problem in the first place.Tostop them going off together?Fromleaving me?
Maybebanging these chicks won’t make me feel better.Butthere’s no way it can make me feel worse.
Nothingcan make me feel worse thanIdo right now.
