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She doesn't want him.
She wants me.
"I'll just be a minute." She squeezes my hand. "I promise."
"Yeah." I swallow the words that rise up in my throat.Don't. Stay. Tell me you don't love him. Tell me you love me. Tell me you'll stay. That you'll promise to tell the truth. Promise to try.
"Save me a few stories, okay?" She nods goodbye to Chase. Shoots me one last lookplease, leave it alone, turns, moves into the house.
Chase looks to me and raises a brow. "Her ex?"
"Is it that obvious?"
He nodsyeah. "Never seen you pissed before."
"I'm not pissed."
He shakes his headyeah right.
This isn't a big deal. He doesn't have any claim to her.
But what if I don't have any claim to her either?
She hasn't promised.
She needs to promise.
Chase's voice stays low. Gentle even. "You think she's over him?"
Mine doesn't. "I thought I was the tactless asshole."
"Would you prefer I beat around the bush?" he asks.
No. I'd prefer this situation not exist.
But it does.
She's talking to her ex.
That's fine.
It's nothing.
She's mine.
She's not his. She's mine.
I just need to distract myself through this bullshit fit of possessiveness. I pull out my cell. Check my texts. My messages. My email.
From: The Law Offices of Agos and Associates
Subject: Your Appointment with David Kim.
What the fuck?
Chapter Fifty-One
Juliette
