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"That cupcake wasn’t for her"

I didn’t believe hi to walk hoers through his hair "Why? Because of o home"

"Yeah You’re a terrible liar"

"You have terrible perception," I snapped, folding my arms The beer sloshed in my stomach "And why are you even here? Don’t you have a half-­naked chick waiting for you in your bedroo to do hy you left?"

I opened my"

"Actually, I was glad you interrupted"

I barked out a laugh "Sure you were"

There was a beat of silence as he hooked a right "That wasn’t what you thought What was going on in there? Nothing was going to happen"

"I’m not stupid, Jase And, honestly, do you even owe me an explanation? No We’re friends, remember? You can talk to or screhoever And I can talk to and screhoever After all, I just want to get--­"

"I do owe you an explanation, da whoever? Who the fk do you--­"

My breath caught in a god-­aay, burning my eyes "I don’t want to talk"

"We need to talk," he interrupted, voice hard "We needed to talk since yesterday"

"And I have a phone" I whipped toward hi "

He sent ured I’d let you calht if Cauess you were too busy, huh?" God, I knew I sounded snide and snotty I needed to shut up

Jase took a deep breath "I didn’t invite her up there, Tess She cauess she just took her shirt off? Does that happen to you a lot without any warning?" I laughed harshly "What an interesting life youtheir shirts off"

That half grin appeared "Well, I do live a char to you Okay? Her name is Steph We’ve messed around a few ti to be here tonight She came up and she took her shirt off"

I snorted

Ahis jaw "She wanted to doto lie, I briefly considered it because I’uy, but I didn’t, because she’s not who I want And nothing happened Her shirt came off a minute before you walked in"

I stared at hi hi in front of a car And daing me to believe him

"Shit, Tess, I even picked up that cupcake for you" There was a pause "Do you really think I would’ve been screwing a girl knowing you were at the party?"

"You didn’t knoas there"

"I did," he shot back

Okay Whatever I shrugged

"Daain "You think that?"

"You’ve kissed s you didn’t remember when you were drunk, so--­"

Jase hit the brakes and we stopped in the middle of the dark street My eyes widened as I twisted toward hi has happened between Steph andAnd you knohat? I’ve never kissed her"

I blinked "What?"

"Never And it’s been years since I’ve actually kissed a girl, so don’t sit there and think you knohat happened You don’t"