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I guessed that this o, because she spoke calh her jaw still clenched It reht of Cahter spoke of her--somehow that always sliced open the wounds afresh and it took a while to ste

I reached for Kailyn’s hand across the table and squeezed it She locked eyes with me and smiled

"Don’t worry," she said "I won’t break down on you This happened o"

I was about to respond when there was a rapping at the door I couldn’t iht be I doubted it would be Derek or Sofia--they had both looked ready to flop into bed after the exhaustion of the day

I peered through the spy hole and swung open the door I found myself face to face with Eli His expression was serious, his eyes intense as he looked at s you here?"

"May I come in?"

"Of course," I stepped aside to allow hi at the table before he turned round to look at itated I had no idea what could have caused such a disturbance in him He normally avoided conflict at all costs

"How coht?"

Eli scoffed, then began pacing up and down the roolances with Kailyn She looked just as confused as I felt When he still failed to respond to ripped his shoulder

"Eli, what’s--?"

His hand shot out, knocking my hand away from him "Don’t touch ered back, barely believing what I was seeing

His breathing became louder and more uneven by the second He took a step closer to me, and finally spoke as on his ht"

His words knocked the breath right out of me My face contorted with confusion "What?"

"Don’t mess with me, Aiden," he snapped, his face nowto turn into anger at his accusatory tone of voice "I wasn’t even at the lake last night," I said "And Adelle and I are just friends Even if I did feel so for her, I would never, and I mean never, poach anotherhave you two been seeing each other?" His hands shot out and gripped the collar ofthe with this itate hiain, this ti I had to jurazed