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You are not good enough for ory Holroaned softly, then pulled his tie from his pocket and hurled it across the room He stalked into his bedroom, where he tore off his suit and slid into bed, naked and pissed off The e blossorier Dae blossoain, the sound muffled by the pillow, and then in an uncharacteristic burst of fury, he threw the pillow across the roo hit the stack of DVDs atop his dresser, sending the pile crashing to the floor

With the instincts of a well-trained Navy SEAL, Matt suddenly appeared in the doorway, looking alert and urgent "What happened?" he de DVDs fell, that’s all Sorry if I woke you"

Matt studied hi his face "What the hell happened to you?"

"Nothing," he said again

"You have crazy eyes,in Afghanistan" Matt furrowed his brows "Weren’t you supposed to coht?"

"I left early" Then he thought, to hell with it, and added, "I broke up with Annabelle"

Matt’s eyes widened "What? Why the hell did you do that? We both know you’re crazy about her"

He sh "I’m crazy about Jane," he corrected

His friend went silent for afrolint entered Matt’s eyes "You don’t have that lovelorn little boy look on your face anymore when you say her name"

"Fuck Just mind your own business, O’Connor Annabelle and I are over, and that’s that" Sarcasm dripped from his tone "If you want her around that badly, you date her"

Matt raised both eyebrows "Wow"

"Wohat?" he gruritted his teeth "Would you go back to your roo to sleep here"

"No, you’re not You’re trying to sulk"

"Fuck off, Matt Just leave this alone"

Matt shook his head, but rather than pressing the subject, he simply walked away A moment later, Ryan heard Matt’s bedroo He wasn’t in love with Annabelle He couldn’t be Teeks, that’s all they’d spent together Had sohs--that wasn’t love