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Theo’s grin was wicked. “It’s so good to see you. Bring her back.”

“Not if you’re just going to flirt with her.”

“She likes me flirting with her.”

Min beamed at him while she let a grumpy Hayden pull her up from her seat.

“You are very good at it.”

Theo winked at her. “Good luck at your tournament, Min.”

“I hope your strawberries are there tomorrow, Theo.”

He kissed her cheek goodbye and then Hayden was tugging her away.

“Unbelievable,” he muttered.

Min laughed. “Don’t tell me you’re jealous.”

“Of him? Never.”

Hayden had to hit the restroom, so Min made her way to the front of the restaurant to wait for him, pulling out her phone to check messages. She was warm from the good food and Hayden’s attention, and she wanted to revel in it for a little longer.

“Min?”

She stopped in her tracks, her stomach dropping to her knees as she turned. She recognized that voice, and she wanted to scream.

“Alex.”

Her fucking ex. The asshole that made the video. The absolute douchebag who leaked the pictures of her, and probably the one who trashed her hotel room. Her entire body froze with rage.

He already had a sneer forming when she turned to look at him. His blonde hair was neat, and he had clearly dressed for the restaurant, looking good and solid in his suit coat. Alex’s blue eyes gave her the once over, from her messy hair that was threatening to fall completely out of the ponytail she had tossed it in that morning, to the tips of her scuffed old sneakers. He gave her the frown she recognized, the one that he always wore when he disapproved of something she did.

“They actually let you in the door like that?” he asked in disbelief.

Min steeled her spine. “Well, it helps that I don’t look like some bag of dicks who crawled up from the sewer.”

His eyes glinted, and she saw something like hate in his eyes. She had no idea what she had done to make him treat her with this animosity, but she was really fucking tired of it.

Alex smiled at her, but it was ugly. “I’m surprised you could afford to come to the convention. I heard all your sponsors dropped you.”

She narrowed her eyes. “Guess not everyone was in the mood to blame the victim.”

“Victim?” He snorted. “Is that the story you’ve been feeding people?”

“That’s what they call it when your asshole ex films you naked without your knowledge or consent and then posts it on the internet.”

His eyes gleamed, the predator in him loving that she was pissed.

“I had nothing to do with you being caught on camera. Although I certainly wasn’t surprised, considering. Let me guess, you’ve already bounced into bed with a new guy.”

“You mean did I quickly recover from mediocre sex with you and move on to something better? It wasn’t hard, Alex. Literally, my hand is better than you.”

“Keep telling yourself that, sweetheart.”

“What the fuck are you doing here, Alex?” Min was shaking but trying not to show it. Alex had always made a big deal about how emotional she got when she was angry, so she had tried to train herself to be as calm as possible, even when she was raging. But she was pissed, her anger radiating through her, mostly at herself. What the hell had she been thinking staying with him for so long?

He smirked at her. “I’m here for the same reason you are, Min. The tournament. I was invited to compete. Of course, that was before I knew they were inviting has-beens—”

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