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This is why she did what she did

The happiness The forever kind of love That was everything

And it hout the evening Just a tiny bit

She’d caught gli abandoned, but this was Josh As far as she could tell, he’d become the best friend of just about every person he talked to

Still, even as he laughed and charers, he seeaze was on hi onto the with a wink, or a chin lift, or even a sht every ti to have to figure out what to do about that Toure it out tolass to her lips, only to realize it was empty She headed toward the makeshift bar for a refill, but her footsteps faltered when she sought Josh out in the crowd oncebrunette

His hand was on the other woers tightened on the glass Just two seconds ago, she’d admired the way he could work a crowd, but this felt different The way the woman looked at him was different, the way they stood close was different

She felt jealousy, hot and stabbing, rush over her

She knew then The wo as an ex-lover It ritten all over their body language

Whichfine She knew he’d slept with other wo one of them

She closed her eyes and counted to five, but the suffocating misery didn’t fade

Air

Heather needed air

She opened her eyes and stepped backward, only to back into a very firm, very close male body

Josh She didn’t have to turn around to knoas him She knew his touch His smell His taste

But she didn’t know him Not really