Page 85 of The Rules Of Attraction
“Our fathers nothing.” I yelled. “Just get out.”
She reached for her coat and slung it over her arm, not bothering to put it on. Then she stormed off and slammed the door shut.
“Fuck.” I hissed. This was hell.
I didn’t spare another second to go and find Summer.
I was already at a dead end with her, and there was no way that I was going to allow Celeste of all the people to mess things up for me.
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Summer
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ShouldI really have been that surprised to find a woman here with Alex?
Don’t feel.
Don’t.
I grabbed on to the rail and sighed with frustration.
I’d gone outside to the roof top terrace for air. Thankfully it was a cool, windy night with fresh air in abundance.
“Summer.” Alex came through the sliding doors and rushed up to me. “It’s not what you think.”
I gave him an askance look and shook my head.
“Really?” I couldn’t hide my sarcasm. “Looked to me that if I’d been a minute later I would have walked in on a lot more.”
“No, Summer, I promise you. That would have never happened.”
Right now I wasn’t sure which made me feel worse. The damn Celeste –what a name–or the obvious revelation that this position of mine wasn’t a live in position.
Okay, admittedly a part of me guessed that maybe the whole live in thing had been made up. I was just going through so much at the time he offered that I didn’t question it much. Instead I hoped it was true.
So, maybe the annoyance I felt leaned more towards walking in and seeing Celeste with her foot wedged in between Alex’s crotch in some weird kinky position.And, her bare leg in his face.
It was stupid. Why was I even annoyed?
Alex and I weren’t anything. We had a one night stand, and a few heated kisses. That was it.
But… as he came closer and I saw the wealth of worry that filled his eyes, that damn feeling I tried so hard to push away came back to me, now telling me that I was wrong.
Against my will it lessened my annoyance enough to hear him out.
“Celeste is Devon’s daughter,” he continued. “Just someone I grew up with. She loves to cause trouble wherever she can. Nothing in this world would make me go anywhere near her.”
“it doesn’t matter, you don’t owe me any form of explanation.”
“It matters, and I’m telling you the truth.” He never took his eyes off me.
“It’s not just her.” I pointed out quickly. “This was never a live-in position, was it?”
“No, it wasn’t. I lied about that.”
“Why?” I was interested to know his reasons.
