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"Get out ofto rest his hands on my shoulders "Don’t touch me! Get out of et out of the way!" The helplessness in hi its ugly head I tried shoving hi to cause him pain so he would move the fuck away, but he wouldn’t; all the while he repeatedly told me to calm down, to stop so he could explain My whole body flailed wildly against hi for him to move Then I slapped him as hard as I could across his face He took a step back, wide eyed and shocked

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His eyes went red with unshed tears He looked absolutely betrayed and hurt byhard to restrain his own anger He appeared conflicted, chaotic, and lost I hated that this look was already thawing onhiht it because I wanted to feel angry Anger brought on a kind of high in , givingin a hole of remorse after its effects died down

I stood, stunned at this revelation that I liked what I just did What the fuck?

"I didn’t cheat on you," Jaxon whispered, keeping the distance between us "That eekends ago, when I told you I was going to be picking up Trevon from the club he was at because he was drunk as hell I waded through the club trying to find him because he wasn’t out front like he said he would be, and he wasn’t picking up his phone when I tried calling So rabbed ed for barely half a second before I shoved her away That’s all that picture was You can look at it yourself and see ainst her shoulders right before I pushed her away"

"Why didn’t you tell ain, only it was much fainter than before

"For a few reasons actually" His voice went flat as his eyes "For one, I’ them off in those kinds of situations for years now Even at the bar, right in front of you, they o to the that would even border betraying your trust

"What happened then was a passing in thought I didn’t think anything of it because she barely touched my mouth She copped a feel for a split second For another, if I told you about it, this is the kind of reaction I’d get Nohy the hell should I open up to you when you blame me like I’m the cause for somebody else’s actions?"

"You lied by o would have happened–"

"That’s not true," he interrupted icily "You would have blaht by you anymore The last few shells all the fucking tiry and shut down, and I don’t knohat I’ve done to deserve it"

"You lied," I simply said I didn’t want to hear aboutIn ht In otten "You’re a liar Which re?"