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I’d spent half ofEli Jenkins And up until a feeeks ago, I would have told you with one hundred percent certainty that I would have continued loving only him for the rest of my life even if he never found out--as pathetic as that sounds I never expected to find so that future, and I definitely never expected to find so that hard that fast

There was no way to prepare for Brett and the impact he’d already had on my life, just like there was no way forI’d had with Eli He was still one on with our friendshipbut even Eli had stopped calling He hadn’t tried to contact , and Jason said he hadn’t shown up to work that day

"I should have never told himI should have just started the relationship with Brett"

"No No, you shouldn’t have Because what if this thing with Brett continues? You said he’s different, and I don’t doubt it since it finally s But what if so there wondering ould’ve happened if you had just told Eli how you felt? What if you’d gotten so deep in your relationship with Brett only to find out that Eli felt the same, and then you had to choose between two men you loved?"

My stomach churned, and I wished I hadn’t drunk that coffee "But in telling him all that, I just pushed hi will ever happen between us, I’ve lost my best friend"

"That’s not true," Kristen said sadly at the same time Jason assured me, "No, you haven’t"

"I think it was a lot of information at once," Jason continued "I think you probably blew his mind, and I think he needs ti in love with hio at the sa out about Brett Give him tiuy is terrified of losing you"

My forehead pinched together "How do you know that?"

Kristen turned to look at Jason "Yeah How do you know that?"

Jason rubbed at the back of his neck before sla in "I kinda talked to hio It was the Monday after that party at your apartment e tried to set you up with Sean"

"Jason! You promised!"

He put his hands in the air, and looked around like I wasobvious "I know I did, and I kept my promise I don’t knohy you look so freaked out, Pay, it’s a moot point now He already knows you love him" Kristen smacked him and he looked at her "What?"

"What did you tell hi about Sean He was mad that I’d tried to set you up with hi to set you up with anyone Said if you found someone, then you found someone--I told him that was hard to do with him around"

My eyes widened and ued over the fact that he uys don’t approach you, and that he’s always had a hand in ending whatever relationships you’ve had before I told hiet married and all that, and it kind of stunned hihtness inin my eyes as I waited for him to finish

"I" Jason paused, and eyedout a hard rush of air "I told hi over with each other, and Sundayif you started seriously dating and gothis best friend"

Jason was still as he waited for our reactions, but I wanted to know Eli’s "What’d he say?"

"You know him better than anyone, you know he doesn’t ever raise his voice I could tell he was pissed that I was telling hi in the way But once I told hi his best friend, he couldn’t even respond He just looked sick Didn’t finish his sandwich, and didn’t talk to ain later that day, he still had that sick-fearful look about him"