Page 47 of Always Mine

“You don’t love me.”

“I never have,” Anthony said.

“It has always been Daisy.”

“Yes.”

Tabitha shook her head.“I know that, I don’t know how she couldn’t know that.”

“Don’t worry, I told her I had no feelings for you.”He took another sip of his drink.

“Good,” Tabitha said.“Why would she even think that?”

Anthony glanced down at his drink.He wanted to get Tabitha out of the room.He’d seen the change in Luke’s breathing.The other guy was wide awake but pretending so he didn’t have to talk to Tabitha.

“Because Daisy is insecure,” Anthony said.“She doesn’t believe her worth, even after all this time.”

“That can’t be.”

He turned to her.“What do you expect when her best friend needs to take a day to get her shit together before coming to see her?”

“That’s harsh.”

“Then go to her.Stop wasting time and go to her.”With that, he got to his feet.“Rachel is going to be there.”

With that, Tabitha left.He knew she wanted to say something to him, but he wasn’t going to let her have the last say.He managed to get her out the door, shut it, and lock it.

“That was not very nice,” Luke said.

“I’m not a nice guy.”

“I don’t know, I’m starting to think you have your moments,” Luke said, sitting up.“You knew I was awake?”

“You’re not a good actor.”

Luke laughed.

Anthony was not happy and he moved toward his seat and stared across the room at Luke.“Someone knew,” he said.“Someone knew we were coming and alerted the club.”

“I know,” Luke said.

“Who?”

The other man gritted his teeth, ran a hand down his face, and shrugged.“It was Daniella, okay, that’s who found out and alerted everyone.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”Anthony asked.

“I didn’t know.Not until it was too late.Daniella called me, told me what was happening, and what she had done.She also mentioned she had gone to my location where I had said I was going to give you the signal, and that you were already there.She was always a sneaky bitch.It was one of the many reasons my father kept her around.”

He looked at Luke.

“Yes, my dad was fucking Daniella, even when we were in high school.”

“Gross,” Anthony said.

Luke shrugged.“She would do anything for him, even sleep with his only son, and try to get all my secrets.”

“Your family is fucked up.”

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