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“Thank you.”
“I told Grace to shove it, by the way.”
I grin. “No, you didn’t.”
“Well, I didn’t hold the door for her, even though she was right behind me.”
“How rude.”
“I tried.”
“I know.” The world would be a way better place if everyone had the same low tolerance for cruelty as Sydney does.
We head outside into the heat. And I try to shove all thoughts of Holden far away.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
HOLDEN
Henry does a double take when I walk into the kitchen. “I thought you were asleep upstairs.”
I head straight for the fridge, grabbing a sports drink and draining most of it in one go. Now I just need a couple of painkillers to combat the pounding headache.
“Way to bail last night.”
“Sorry,” I say, taking another long pull.
Henry studies my wrinkled clothes. “You never came home?” he asks.
I shake my head and gulp more liquid.
“Hangover?”
“Yeah. It feels like a construction crew is working on my skull. I drank way too much last night.” I toss the empty bottle into the recycling. “Woke up in some random girl’s bed.”
Henry gapes at me, spoonful of cereal suspended halfway to his mouth. “You cheated on Cassia? You fucking asshole.”
I shake my head. “No. I didn’t cheat. There was a bed and a girl, but I didn’t have sex with her. Didn’t touch her. I got wasted at a party, went upstairs, passed out, and then next thing I know there’s a naked chick I’d never seen before in the bed.”
Henry’s spoon falls into his bowl with a crash.
His eyes are wide and horrified, and I realize he’s the worst possible person I could have confided in about this. His moral compass is straighter than the rest of my friends’.
Finn would have shrugged it off.
At least, I think he would have. I didn’t talk to him this morning. Just texted him, letting him know I was leaving. Then got in my truck and drove straight here, leaving my bad decisions behind.
“She wasnaked?”
I wish I’d left that detail out.
“Yes. Butnothinghappened.” I heavily emphasize those last two words.
“How do you know?”
“Did you miss the part about how I was wasted? I wasn’t in any shape to have sex with some random girl.”
“Ri-ght. Because drunk people never make dumb decisions. Or hook up at parties.” Henry raises both eyebrows, fixing me with an incredulous look.
