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“You don’t mean that, Ava.” Charlotte placed her hand on my arm. “It’s okay to be angry with him. Trust me. He knows what he did was wrong. For the Kind men it usually only takes one lie or secret, and they never do it again.” A smirk crossed her lips. “Come on. Let’s go get the other girls and have a man-bashing session.”
I breathed out a laugh as she hooked her arm around me.
As the girls and I were talking, Grayson kept staring at me from across the venue.
“He won’t stop staring at me.”
“That’s because he’s infatuated with you and knows you’re mad at him. He’s trying to figure out a way to apologize, and he won’t stop until he thinks it’s perfect,” Jenni said.
“How do you know that?” I asked.
“He has the Kind blood running through him. They’re all alike.” Charleigh smiled. “I really noticed a lot of similarities between Grayson and all the guys when he stayed with us while his house was being built.”
“I noticed it in Gabriel as well,” Georgia said.
“They mean well even if their way isn’t right.” Julia smiled.
“Let him sweat it out for a while,” Grace said.
“Yeah. He needs to learn what he did was wrong,” Georgia spoke.
* * *
Grayson
“You know they’re all coaching her, right?” Shaun said.
“They sure are.” Conner sighed.
“Don’t worry,” Sam said. “Give her some time, and she’ll come around.”
“Oh, you mean like Julia did after what you said to her?” Stefan said. “Because if I recall, she kept slamming the door in your face, and you had to beg her for forgiveness.”
“We all did,” Sebastian said.
“Not me.” Christian grinned. “I didn’t do anything wrong but want a relationship with Charleigh. She’s the one who ran. But, when she came to her senses, she ran back to me.”
“Shut the fuck up,” Nathan said, and we all laughed.
“This is why I don’t get involved in relationships. Dad had the right idea. To the single life.” Gabriel smiled as he held up his drink, and we all glared at him. “What? It’s the truth.”
Every time I looked at her, she turned away. She was so pissed, and I didn’t blame her. It was all my fault because I should have known better than to keep that from her.
“Fuck this. I’m going over there.” I walked over to where Ava sat with the girls. “Ava, can—”
“No, Grayson! I want you to leave me alone. I need some time to think. In fact, I’m just going home to my apartment tonight.”
“Then when can we talk?” I asked.
“I don’t know.” She looked down.
I inhaled a deep breath, tucked my hands in my pants pockets, and walked away. I looked up at the stage where the band played music all night and noticed one of their acoustic guitars sitting on its stand. I walked over to the bar where they were on break, having a drink.
“Hey, I need to seriously apologize to my girlfriend. Would you mind if I borrowed your guitar up there and played some music?”
“Nah, man. Go ahead.” One of the band members smiled. “Let us help you. Boys, let’s help this man apologize to his girl.”
I got up on the stage and told the band what I was playing. Thankfully, they knew it. I grabbed the guitar and stood in front of the microphone.
