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“What are you? The period keeper? Fuck, Alex. I can’t control when I have my periods.”

“Why the attitude, Em? I just asked a simple question, and your pills control your period. So obviously, something is wrong.”

“Yeah. Maybe something is.”

“You need to go see a doctor then.”

Oh my God! He wouldn’t stop. One little mistruth, and he made a huge deal out of it.

“I’ll call and make an appointment.”

He gave me a small smile and left the bathroom. As I put on my makeup, I decided to give him another chance to tell me about today.

“So, what happened today? I know you said it was nothing for me to worry about, but I would like to know.”

“Just business stuff, Emerson.”

Strike two.

He obviously wasn’t going to tell me, so I dropped it, for now. I finished getting ready and I could smell his damn cologne infiltrating the bedroom. Shit. Walking into the closet, I slipped into a black and white strapless sundress and had trouble zipping it up.

“Here, let me get that for you,” Alex spoke as he walked up behind me and zipped up my dress. His lips softly touched my bare shoulder.

“Thanks.”

“Are you ready? Traffic is a bitch at this time, and Phillip is waiting for us downstairs.”

“Yep. I need to put on my heels,” I spoke as I grabbed them and walked out of the room.

Alex

Man, Emerson was certainly PMS’ing tonight. I was worried that she got her period so soon, which also meant no sex for a few days and after today, I needed her more than ever. I didn’teven care if she was on her period, but she did. I didn’t attempt to talk to her in the car because it seemed like everything I said was wrong and irritated her. So, we rode to the club in silence.

A good friend of mine had opened a karaoke club, and we were going to celebrate it. Adam had just met this girl named Renee a couple of weeks ago and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to introduce her to us. He told us that he really liked her and couldn’t wait for us to meet her. Climbing out of the Bentley, I held my hand out to help Emerson. Surprisingly, she took it and climbed out.

“You look so sexy. Just looking at you is making me hard,” I whispered in her ear.

“Sucks to be you,” she responded, deadpan.

I sighed. This was going to be a fun night.

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Emerson

He had two chances to tell me, and he didn’t, so I went into bitch mode. I didn’t want to be like that toward him, but I couldn’t help it. I was hurt—deeply hurt. Hurt down to the core of my soul. If he kept seeing her a secret, what else was he hiding?

We stepped into the club, and I saw Adam by the bar. Thank God. I needed a drink like yesterday.

“There’s Adam.” Alex pointed.

“I’m not blind,” I responded. Alex shot me a look.

The minute we approached the bar, Adam hugged me and shook Alex’s hand.

“Renee, this is my sister Emerson and her boyfriend, Alex Parker.”

“It’s so nice to finally meet you.” Renee smiled as we lightly hugged.

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