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I scratched my head, hating that he ignored my question. “I missed dinner with Beau’s parents because I was helping you with your app launch, and it spiraled into something else entirely.”
He arched an eyebrow. “If you had told me you had plans with his family, I would have understood.”
“Would you?”
He cocked his head to the side.
“Beau says that I put you first before him. More like I put you first before anyone.”
“I see.”
It was my turn to cock my head. “Do you?”
He shrugged. “I’m not sure what you want me to say.”
“The truth.”
“Livvy, we’re best friends. At the end of the day, I was here before him, and I’ll be here after him.”
“Then you knew there’d be an after?”
“Are you asking me if I wanted you two to break up?”
“Did you?”
In one sentence, he reminded me, “I just want you to be happy.”
And for the first time, I hated hearing him say that too.
Ethan
This was not how I expected to be woken up, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t ecstatic to see her. I’d also be lying if I said I wasn’t glad they broke up. Despite Beau being from the elite status that her father always wanted for her, in my eyes, he wasn’t good enough for her.
To be completely honest, I couldn’t for the life of me see what she saw in him. To me, he was a pompous prick born with a silver spoon in his mouth. I still couldn’t stand him, but I tolerated him for her. For some reason I couldn’t begin to understand, she loved him. Or at least that was what she said, and it could have been entirely true.
However, I didn’t think she was in love with him.
Not for one fucking second.
Livvy was always a hopeless romantic. She loved love, and at that point in our lives, she looked for it in all the wrong places. Case in point: Beau Hunter.
The bane of my existence. She might have known that—she might have known a lot of things, but in order to stay best friends and not mess up our friendship again, we stayed in our own lanes. Meaning, I was there for her whenever she needed me and vice versa. If she wanted to continue being in that relationship, my job was to support her.
Livvy was a big girl. She could make her own decisions despite how much I hated him for her.
“I can see your mind spinning, Ethan.”
“Did I say a word?”
“No, but your expression yells for you. I know you want to say ‘I told you so.’”
“Or maybe you just want to hear me say it.”
“I know you don’t like Beau.”
“What’s there to like?”
She scoffed out a chuckle. “You’re shameless.”
