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I stiffened. How many times had she said my name?Why does it still affect me?
“You don’t take hints too well.”
She wedged between the barstool Roman vacated and mine. Her floral scent nauseated me. Honey. That was what I craved. I edged my fingernail under the label on my bottle, ripping it down the center.
“You just left.”
I whipped around on the stool and stared at her incredulously. “Why would I stay? What’s left here for me?”
She stepped between my legs, and I recoiled. “Me.”
I wanted her out of my space and put my hands on her hips to back her up. Stubborn woman wouldn’t budge.
“I don’t want you.”
“I screwed up. I know that.”
I glared at her. “If he weren’t dead, would you still feel that way?”
She flinched. “I’m sorry. I love you.”
“Don’t say that to me.” I peeled her hand off my arm. “You don’t get to say that.”
I looked away. Those words used to mean everything. I thought they did to her too.
“It’s true,” she pleaded. “I’m lost without you. Roman understands that.”
“Roman?” I asked incredulously.One of my friends?The woman had no boundaries.
She paled. “I thought he told you.”
“Told me what?”
“It’s nothing. You’re home now. We can figure this out. Get back to where we used to be.”
“There is no going back,” I spat.
“Please. I made mistakes—”
“Mistakes? I doubt Cameron or Roman would be too happy to hear that.”
“I was scared. I knew you wanted to get married, but I was afraid everything would change.”
I gaped at her. “So you got serious with my best friend behind my back?” I pushed to my feet, towering over her. “Did you know he was about to propose?”
Her lips parted, her expression as if I’d slapped her. “What?”
“When a man’s dying, he confesses a lot.”
“I didn’t know.”
“Well, now you do. His last words were how sorry he was, but he loved you and wanted me to look out for you.”
She touched her throat as her eyes glassed over.
I looked away. “You loved him too.”
She nodded, a few tears escaping down her cheeks. “I loved you too.”
