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Chapter Sixteen
Remi
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“Now isn’t the besttime, Rem.” Aspen looks about as bad as I feel as she opens the door.
“Sorry, Pen.” I step past her in the doorway. “But this can’t wait,” I say, my chest so tight it’s a wonder I can fucking breathe, let alone speak.
“What’s going on?” Her brow furrows as she closes the door, turning back toward me.
“Did you know she was engaged?” I don’t waste time with pleasantries.
“What?” She draws back, confusion knitting her eyebrows.
“Kaia. Did you know she was engaged?” I ask again, clenching and unclenching my fists like a madman, not able to stand still.
I can’t get the image out of my head. Of her in another man’s arms. His lips pressed to hers. I honestly felt like I could kill someone in that moment. That I could killhim... Had Kaia not stopped me, I actually might have.
When I rounded the corner and pulled into the lot, there they stood. Her back to the car, him pressed into her. I thought at first I was seeing things, but as I climbed out of the car, I watched in what felt like slow motion as it all unfolded. Watched him kiss her. Watched her not pull away. It was all the proof I needed.
“What are you talking about?” Pen seems as confused as I feel.
“Kaia, she’s engaged to another man.”
“No, she isn’t.” She shakes her head adamantly.
“Oh, but she is.”
“How do you know?”
“Because I pulled into the parking lot across from your office and saw them kissing against her car.”
“No.” Her lips part in a silent gasp. “Did you say something to her?”
“Of course I did.”
“Well, what was it?” She seems annoyed she has to ask.
“Honestly, I can’t remember. My mind was going a hundred miles a minute. I know I said something about forgetting we ever met or some shit. Fuck, I don’t even know. I may have also knocked that polo-wearing motherfucker to his ass and may or may not have broken a few bones in his face.”
“Oh, Remi, you didn’t?”
“What did you expect me to do? Sit there and let them make a fucking fool out of me? Been there, done that. No fucking thank you.”
She flinches at my words but not even the hurt that slides across her face can stop the anger coursing through me like a building volcano. It’s only a matter of time before I erupt, which is why I came here first. If anyone can talk me down, it’s Pen.
