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Even if I hurt her.
Even if…
Even if…
Even if…
She stayed strong.
She was a little shit like that.
But I was undeterred. I’d keep trying to make her fall apart, in hopes it would keep me together.
“You were talking up a storm before I walked in. Chatting a mile a minute, and now what? You got nothing to say? Easier to talk behind my back than to my face?” I arched an eyebrow at her, mocking her fruity tooty comment, “Right, Toots?”
“Whatever I say when you’re not around, I’ll say to your face,” she sassed, stepping toward me. Exactly how I knew she would. “I know the truth now.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, that’s so. I know you like me. The secret is outta the bag. Memaw explained it to Shiloh and me. You don’t gotta hide it or pretend anymore.”
“I don’t?”
“Nope, but I’d love to tell ya, Jackson Pierce, that I, Harley Jameson, don’t love you back. At all. Never. Ever. Ever. Ever, will I love you back.”
I put my hand over my chest. “Way to crush a guy’s heart, baby girl.”
“I said don’t call me that.”
“What am I supposed to do now that you know the truth, Harley? You know I like you. I’ve always liked you.” I leaned in close to her face. “But what if I even love you?”
“Jackson, stop messin’ around,” Cash interrupted, making my eyes snap to his.
“Mind your business, boy toy.”
“Don’t talk to him that way.”
“Harley! Don’t need ya to defend me against this tool. He’s just playin’ wit’ ya.”
“You jealous, Cash? That I got what you want?”
“What?” Harley blurted out. “Cash don’t want me. We’re just best friends.”
“Keep telling yourself that. He’s your little bitch for a reason.”
“The only bitch I see in front of me is you, Pierce,” he challenged, his hands fisting at his sides.
“What, Cash? You going to hit me?”
He shook his head no. “I don’t gotta.” Nodding to Harley, he added, “Cuz she will.”
And she did just that. She shoved me, but I didn’t budge.
“Back off! Cash is right, you are messin’ with me.”
“I’ll just have to prove it to you then.”
Shiloh coaxed, “Jackson, that’s enough. You’re getting everyone’s feathers ruffled up over nothing.”
