Page 81 of The Rebel

If she’d thought I roared before, she’d heard nothing yet.

“We’re what? No.” She shook her head, her legs dropping, like she was going to stand. “You’re not seriously leaving right now. You can’t …”

I released the doorway, and before I walked into the hallway, I said, “And I don’t plan on ever coming back.”

SIXTEEN

Rowan

Me

I think we should talk about last night. What happened … why you left. All of it.

Me

Silence, really? Okay. Then, I think we should just talk in general.

Me

I know you’re not ignoring me. You wouldn’t do that. You’re not that kind of guy. I KNOW you’re not.

Me

Cooper, what the fuck?

Cooper

There’s nothing to talk about. Don’t make me say it again.

Me

You are that guy.

And you’re an asshole.

Rhett couldn’t take his eyes off our realtor. He was more focused on her body than any of the buildings we’d looked at today. A mission that the seven of us hoped would result in finding a location we could convert into our corporate headquarters. Ridge, based on his expression, was impressed with the one we were viewing now, unlike the six others we’d toured. I had to agree with him. This was the most spacious and practical for the amount of people we were about to combine into one office.

As for me, I was fuming.

And I had been since we’d all met this morning at Spades’ corporate office, where we’d climbed into a van rented for today’s showings.

Because being in Cooper’s presence made me want to scream.

The same had been true for yesterday and the day before.

Three days had passed since he’d been at my house. After the one line of text that he’d finally replied with, he hadn’t spoken or messaged another word to me.

But I was the only one he wasn’t speaking to. He responded to all the emails we were both copied on. He contributed to yesterday’s meeting when both lawyers wanted to discuss more of the logistics of the merger.

With me, all I got was silence.

Not just with words, but also from his eyes—they wouldn’t look anywhere near me.

Why?

All because he wanted to stay professional now that the Spades and Coles were becoming one? Because I hadn’t told him who I was?

Funny though because he’d had no problem having sex with me.

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