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His hand tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and his fingers brushed down her cheek. “Baby, I just want your family to know how happy I am to be here with you.”
A quick grimace crossed her face. It was subtle, but I noticed.
I noticed everything.
Especially when it came to her.
The whole room ate up his every last word in some sort of bullshit cosmic energy.
Fuck him.
When my eyes landed on Livvy’s, it was all over as hers stayed fixated on mine. This trance was unlike anything I’d ever felt with her before. We’d been doing this dance with our eyes for as long as I could remember.
This one was definitely different.
This one hurt badly.
This one felt like it destroyed.
I was almost positive she sent me a sad smile, but I may have imagined that as our stares stayed locked, nothing, or no one, for that matter, could ever break that between us.
I had that.
It belonged tome.
I spent the rest of the night avoiding her. Avoiding everyone. I was like a ticking time bomb. The more I saw all of her family fawn over Beau, the more I felt like I would blow the fuck up. Shortly after dinner, I excused myself and left, briefly kissing Livvy’s cheek before I did.
I barely slept that night, tossing and turning. Every time I shut my eyes, I envisioned her with him. I tried to block those images out of my mind and think about all the memories we shared.
Except it didn’t help.
Before I knew it, the sun was up, and I was out of bed, showering and getting dressed. I grabbed some coffee at the shop around the corner from my apartment, and as much as I tried to ignore the thoughts of her and him, it was no use. They took up permanent residence in my head, and it didn’t help that when I found myself driving to our waterhole, I stopped dead in my tracks as soon as I came up behind her.
Livvy was facing the water.
She didn’t turn, softly expressing, “You weren’t supposed to be there last night.”
“Here I thought you’d be happy to see me.”
“Ethan—”
“I hate him. He’s a pretentious dick.”
“That’s not fair.”
“None of this is fair. Your father seemed to love him, though. I wonder why that is? Maybe it’s his last name?”
She immediately turned to face me. “I didn’t know Beau was the son of Hunter Oil when we met.”
Getting right down to it, I questioned, “How long have you been together?”
She shrugged. “A few months.”
“And you didn’t tell me?”
“We’re just dating, Ethan. There’s nothing to tell.”
“You’re just dating, but you bring him home to meet your parents?”
