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“He’s especially heartfelt,” I continue. “See, he gave me this necklace. And it’s gorgeous.” His face is a blank stare now. No emotion. “And it dawned on me that Nick knows my heart. And that’s the guy I can see forever with.” He grinds his teeth. “Do you understand what I mean?”
“Yes, I understand loud and clear, Leia.” Leia. No more Allie. And just then, it feels like a major loss.
Clearing my throat and keeping my tears at bay, I walk around him to leave. “Stephanie’s a great girl, Jake. As your friend, I wish you good luck.” With that, I’m done.
JAKE
Fuck me, my girl is a bitch when she wants to be.
‘Nick knows my heart.That little shit wouldn’t know what a heart was if I gave him a box of chocolates on Valentine’s Day. The whole point of describing to her what I ‘prefer’ was to piss her off since she doesn’t want to be upfront about her feelings.
I’m out of the bathroom in ten minutes tops because I needed to get my shit together. No doubt she’s dancing her heart out with her friends now. But once I’m back in the living room, the scene I see before me is way too much for me.
Seeing her on the counter brings me back to that first time she tried to drunkenly come on to me. For one, her perfect tits are out, which is a problem. If I wasn’t completely turned on, I’d be very upset.
She’s surrounded by practically the whole fucking house as they throw bills at her like it’s a gentleman’s club. She’s doing some risqué dance with only a pink bra and shorts, her hair down. This is not the same girl I was just in the bathroom with.
She’s finishing up her stripper dance show and laughing at the whistles and shouts thrown her way when she spots me walking up. Almost as if she were expecting me, she jumps off the counter and struts up to me. I’m frozen in my spot because I don’t know what to expect.
Is she going to slap me? Is she drunk?
I’m nervous as hell until she stops in front of me. She’s mad as hell, but I can’t take my eyes off her chest becausegaw-ley. I lied to her in the bathroom about the tits thing. I’ve never seen a more gorgeous set in my life. My eyes suddenly shoot back up to hers because my senses are heightened now. She’s shooting daggers at me.
“Allie...?” I’m treading very lightly.
She’s sizing me up, but she doesn’t appear drunk. She’s just...rebelling? That makes this even worse. I’d be more forgiving if she weren’t aware of what she was doing. But something tells me this is a way to get back at me.Yes, idiot, it is.
She stares into my soul for a few minutes longer until she looks behind me and smiles. She walks around me, and I turn around to see who she was staring at. Fuck. Stephanie. I rush over there, as everyone else does.
“Hey, homewrecker,” she says in the fakest cheerful tone she can. Stephanie’s eyes widen at that. “Guess what your man just told me in the bathroom?” Shit. Shit, shit, shit.
Stephanie has a confused look on her face. “My man?” I need to stop this.
“He said that he’s into willing girls and that you’re one of them.”
The murmur from the house makes me close my eyes in embarrassment. Okay, that’s notverbatimwhat I said.
“Honey, the only thing willing about me are my lady parts. Not me.”
I palm my face. Whistles sound around the room. I roll my eyes at everyone’s stupidity.
Leia’s face is stunned. “I think that says a lot more about you than you think.”
The snort that comes out wasn’t intentional, but I couldn’t help it. Stephanie glares at me before looking back at Leia. “Slut-shaming doesn’t look cute on you, babes.”
“And sleeping with taken guys doesn’t look too sexy on you either.”
The oohs from around the room only intensify the conversation. I have to stop this. “Allie—”
She suddenly jerks away. “Don’t touch me! You touchedthat,” she says in a distasteful tone, causing Stephanie to gasp in surprise.
“‘That’? Honey, I’mallwoman. Something Larson has been looking for and somethingyoucan’t offer him.”
More oohs came from everyone, and it only adds fuel to the fire. Suddenly, Nick emerges from the crowd of people in concern. “Leia, babe, you need to calm down.” ‘Babe’? I inch forward. “Let’s get you cleaned up.”
“Dude, let go of her arm.I’llget her cleaned up.” I grab her arm.
“Um, guys—”
