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I hated that the first ti on to Ben’s h Despite everything he’d told me, Ben had needed Grey She was his safe place, his coirl willing to be used for a few ht ht only reaffirer

Because there was so hiuard my heart because I knew that no matter how et invested enough to the point where he could break it

I was only fiveI didn’t have to look at it to knoho it was, but I was disappointed that it took hi to check his phone and realize what he’d done even after the girl had left Seconds after the ringing stopped, it started up again, and again, and again

My fingers twitched to grab ive me some bullshit explanation, but the tears carier at hih of a hold onhiirl

This was Deacon Carver! I didn’t want to care if there had been another girl at all I should have expected this I should have never letfor him in the first place

I’d barelytoward e

Crap

"What’s wrong?" Grey asked loudly

"I thought you were going out of town," I said as I quickly wiped at er’s worried voice sounded throughout the open space fro over the rail

"I thought you were going out with Deacon," Grey said, ignoring both Jagger and er bit out a curse as he ran down the stairs "Deacon? You were going out with fucking Deacon? What’d he do?"

"Nothing," I said fir out of town"

Grey’s eyebrows drew together as she studied ot sick on the way there, so we’re going to leave in a few days Nohat’s wrong?"

I laughed and waved theain, nothing I’ll be leaving again soon, can I take your car?"

Grey held on toaway "What happened? Did he say so to you?"

My body deflated, and I huffed at my own stupidity "He would’ve had to actually show up in order to say so," I whispered "But he was busy"

"Busy hat?" Grey asked at the sa to tell , now is not the tio of e to walk toward the hall again "And since when is it a ith Deacon, Grey? It’s always a who"

"He wouldn’t when he had plans--"