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Pete is at my door.
He's here.
He's taking what he wants.
God help me, he's wearing his glasses. He looks as yummy as ever in a black t-shirt and dark jeans.
My knees knock together. I try to speak but words don't come out.
He looks at Madison. "You must be Madison."
She nods. "Y-y-you're Pete Steele."
"Yeah." His eyes narrow. "You fucked Jess's boyfriend after he pulled that shit about asking her to choose between him and law school."
"Y-y-yes."
"What the fuck, Madison? Why did you hurt her like that?"
"I wasn't thinking. We… we already talked. I apologized." She motions to me at the top of the stairs. "She said she forgives me."
Pete looks up at me. "Do you?"
My mouth refuses to make words. I nod.
His lips curl into a smile. I melt. It's still the greatest sight in the world, that smile.
His expression gets intense and protective as he turns back to Madison. "You know how some guys write songs about how their ex-girlfriends deserve to burn in hell?"
"Y-y-yes."
"I'm giving you slack for hurting Jess cause I did the same thing. Hurt her again and there's gonna be a new Sinful Serenade song calledMadison is a Bitch. And that's only gonna be the start of how much I make your life miserable."
"I… I didn't mean to. I'm sorry." She bites her lip. "I didn't do it on purpose. And you need to talk to her. She loves you. She was crying. This time, you're the one who hurt her. She told me everything. It sounds like you've had your head up your ass, but Jess loves you too much to see it that way."
He chuckles. "You have a backbone, huh?"
"Yeah." She clears her throat. "You've been an idiot. Make it up to her or I'm going to be the one making your life miserable."
He smiles. "Fair deal."
"Good." She folds her arms over her chest.
He nods an okay to Madison then all his attention is on me. "Were you crying over me?"
"Hard to pin point an exact source." I play with my pajama bottoms. "You were top two."
He smiles.
"You threatened my sister."
"Too much?"
"No. You… you're fighting for me."
He nods. "This is nothing."
