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"Maybe I should call hirill

"Call who?"

"Blade"

She stops what she’s doing and faceser prickles across my flesh

"What the hell, Selena?"

She pulls e room It bounces off a fluffy, blue cushion and then onto"You cannot call him He’ll use whatever sneaky shit he can to weasel his way back into your life He cheated on you--a million times You deserve someone better than him"

"I know, but I should call him and see if he’s okay"

She shook her head as she tied her curls into a bun on the top of her head "He’s fine Don’t convince yourself that he’s sitting at ho for you to call because he isn’t He’ll be out so until he passes out Fuck that noise"

I turn from her to pour Caesar sauce onto the salad , but ao down the drain like it ? Is that hoorks? Six years of your life is a long tiive to someone I should at least clear the air between us so itso much time

Selena finishesthe chicken with the salad and leaves it to cool

"I need to pee" She announces, leaving the kitchen in pursuit of the toilet

As soon as I hear the bathroom door close I run for my phone and step outside I dial Blade’s number and for the first tiuy named Seth Marc?" There’s no warmth to his voice and it startles me

"Hello to you too"

"Answer me"

"Who told you that? And how do you even knoho he is? He’s new to town"

"A friend saw you with him at the steakhouse and everyone who follows a him"

The demand in his voice instantly pisses me off How dare he tell me what to do?

"I can see whoever I want to see We aren’t together anymore, remember? I broke up with you"

I don’t deny whether or not I’ and plain so I want him to see that other men--sexy men--want me I want him to see that he uy beats people for a living I don’t want you anywhere near hiets to et back into the shower I’ to lie, it hurt Why did I even call him in the first place? I like the air between us just as it is--dirty--like him

"I’ll continue to see Seth if I want to" I’m sure he can hear the tremor in"You don’t ownup as the bathroo her arhtly across her chest "Please tell me you did not just call Blade"

I push past her "Yep and you’ll be glad to know it’s still over between us"

I throw my phone onto the couch and drop into a chair at the kitchen table The look of the grilled chicken salad irl’s gotta eat My story I feel kind of nauseous, but everything se ratefully

"So," Selena begins, picking at her salad "Are you going to tell me what happened with Blade?"

"I kind of told hih a mouthful of food

Her eyes widen "What did he say?"

"That he doesn’t wantSeth"

"Who’s Seth?"

What? I’uy from the steakhouse"

She clasps a aps between her slender fingers "Jesus, O Why’d you do that?"