Page 208 of Only With You

I ring the doorbell and recite the words I’ve been replaying in my head since last night. I’m anxious, but when the door swings open, any nervous lingering doubts evaporate, and all I feel is rage.

“Hey, Juls.” Bre lets me in, a wide smile on her face. We may not have been the closest, but she’s always been nice to me. “Where were you this morning? This is your second time missing a meeting and that’s so unlike you.”

I shut the door behind me. “I know. I’ve just had some things going on.”

No one knows I’m leaving, but after I’m done talking to Sienna, they will.

“That’s understandable. I’ve also had some things going on with Saint. We’re on and off, but it’s kind of hot, you know.” She wiggles her brows.

I chuckle. “Do you know if Sienna is here?”

Annoyance washes over her face. “She’s in her room, but you may want to come back later. She’s still pissed Landon bailed on her, and she’s taking it out on everyone. And I’m sure she’s definitely not going to want to see you. She’s been nonstop talking about what a conniving bitch you are because apparently you took him from her? I wasn’t aware he was her property and…and…Oh. My. God!”

She gapes at the smile on my face. “Holy shit, so it’s true? You and Landon are a thing?” she gleefully asks and covers hermouth with her palm in shock when I nod. “He can’t be her property because he’s yours. I love this so much for you. Can I be there when you tell Sienna? I’d love to see the look on her face when?—”

“I’m not here to tell her that. I’m here to talk about something else.”

“I won’t hold you up then, but please let me know all the details if itslips out.” She uses finger quotes around those words.

I smile at her, but it drops when I make it to her room and I don’t have to knock because she’s coming out.

Rage grows inside, twisting and searing every part of me. It almost blinds me, but I push past the fog of anger that clouds my judgment.

“I need to talk to you in private.”

Sienna glares, her eyes glacial. “Don’t worry. I already know.” She walks past me, shoulder harshly bumping into mine. “Have fun getting used.”

“Because that’s what you want, right?” I grimly ask. “That’s what you wanted to happen on Halloween two years ago, right?”

She falters at the top of the stairs and pivots, piercing me with an unsettling look. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’m over the drama you bring and the attention you want. You have Landon’s now. I don’t know what the hell you’re doing here.”

A few girls come out of their rooms and watch us.

“I don’t want to do this here. Can we talk in private?”

She stares at me expressionlessly. “They all know what an attention-seeking bitch you are. They know not to leave their boyfriends around you, because you’ll come and?—”

“Enough!” I yell and she lifts an unimpressed brow. “I want to talk in private.”

She sneers. “Private? So you can tell me how you took Landon away from me? You knew I was going to semi with him,but you couldn’t help yourself! Like always, some things never change with you.”

“What are you talking about?”

Her scornful laugh punctures the space between us. “Don’t act like you don’t know. Anytime I’ve ever been remotely interested in a guy, they’re always after you. Do you know how many times I’ve been approached by someone just so they can talk to you? How many guys have given me their numbers in hopes of talking to you? How many guys pretend to like me just to get closer to you! It’s unfair that I try so hard and all you have to do is stand there and do nothing. You have everything, I don’t understand why you couldn’t just have let me have this one thing. Landon was mine. I had my eyes on him first!”

Resentment boils in her words, but I don’t feel bad. She’s been jealous of something I was never aware about.

I was desperately trying to stay composed, but the anger has now toppled over and I just don’t give a fuck anymore.

“I don’t know what delusional world you live in, but stop acting like Landon was yours because he never was. But he’s not the reason I’m here. I came to ask you about Halloween two years ago. What did you give me?”

She blinks rapidly, eyes widening in alarm. “Wh-what are you talking about?”

“Don’t act like you don’t know! You gave me something that night and you proceeded to abandon me so Cole could get me alone.”

She blanches but scoffs. “I-I don’t know what you’re talking about. Is this because you don’t get enough attention from your parents? Is Landon not giving you want you want and now you’re acting like?—”

“Sienna, stop! You know exactly what you did, what he did! How fucking could you! All this time, you made me feel like I wascrazy, you made it seem like it was no big deal! All this time, it was fucking you!”

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