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"You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to But I’d never repeat it"

He wouldn’t, either Rafe had one of the more trustworthy faces I’d ever co serious in his expression that I didn’t often find in ne, I told hi I’d had last January "I have a friend, but he and I used to be friends with benefits We’d stopped fooling around a year earlier, though His decision And he never really said why…"

I got lost there for a second, picturinghis clothes We were usually drunk and giddy Getting Graham’s jeans off his body when he asted wasn’t easy But I was happy to do it Graham only liked to have sex when he was trashed That should have been a clue Maybe there were other clues, too But I never saw them I’d always had a blind spot when it ca patiently for my story to continue I’d never talked about this Not with anyone But there was so steady in his expression thatup on him," I admitted I’d never said that out loud before, either And it wasn’t easy College was too early, in uy That never worked out

But still, I’d hoped

"Even though eren’t fooling around anyether and stay that way Because he understood me in a way most people don’t We were such close friends, too We told each other everything At least that’s what I thought"

I had to s hard then

"You really don’t have to tell ood at putting a brave face on things as I i up with somebody else"

"That sucks," Rafe said softly

I held up a hand "That’s not the point I never thought he was celibate after we stopped fucking The problem was that I walked in on him with a ht this story was going"

"Me neither" I gave a nervous laugh

"Maybe it was just a one-ti Or maybe he’s bi"

I shook my head "It wasn’t And he isn’t He has a serious boyfriend now They’re ridiculously happy together And when I saw the…" I broke off, because it was impossible to express I just knew All of a sudden, I understood what I hadn’t wanted to see before For all the sloppy, drunk sex we’d had, it had neverto him