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I can’t argue with him there.
“That’s not the only problem.”
“Emily?”
Once again he accurately calls it out.
“Yeah.”
I lean my head against the wall, my eyes closing for a few seconds as I attempt to make sense of what I’m doing.
Having her in our lives is dangerous. But if I try to ignore the problem, it’ll only get worse.
I might be able to control myself enough to stay away, but that won’t stop Damon. He’s too wrapped up in her, which worries me that I misread his feelings a long time ago.
“Damon went to see Emily at her house Monday morning,” I tell Shane. “And when we dragged you both home from jail, she was the first thing he mentioned.”
Shane exhales a heavy breath, the toe of his boot tapping the floor as he stares over at me.
“Both of you should have left it alone.”
“Gabe needed her away from Ivy.”
He laughs. “It didn’t mean you needed to fuck her again.”
“We didn’t.”
He cocks a brow, calling me out on that bullshit.
“I saw the way she looked coming out of that house, and the cocky grins you two were wearing when you finally showed.”
“We didn’t fuck.”
It’s not a lie...not entirely.
“Right. We’ll go with that story, if you want. The point is you both need to stay away from her before we have a repeat of high school. It took both of you over a year to get over that shit. Everybody in our group has a bone to pick with Emily. Especially after what she did to you.”
He’s not wrong, but at the same time, Emily’s not entirely to blame.
If anyone started this, it’s Mason.
As if following my thoughts, Shane shakes his head and shuffles his weight between his feet.
“We should have never let you guys take that bet. But then how were we supposed to know you two would fall for her?”
My jaw tics at the reminder of why I approached Emily in the first place.
It was stupid kid shit. A challenge to see just how much of a prude she really was. How was I supposed to know there was fire hidden beneath her shy behavior?
On the outside, she was timid and tame, but what I found on the inside was a girl that was strong enough to rip my heart from my chest and stomp on it when she left.
It was a game. Something Damon and I were known for.
Unfortunately, Emily quickly flipped the board and scattered the pieces when she always demanded to know which one of us she was with.
Nobody had asked that before.
Nobody cared.
