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I was in the kitchen, replenishing the snack trays, when I saw that I’d missed three calls

I’d left er to see who had called

I felt a ridiculous amount of disappointment when I saw that they were all from my ex, or Daryl the Dickhead, as I liked to think of him

It was silly to expect Tristan to call me, just because we’d been apart for a few hours Lucy’d hit it right on the head about ed a text at ain when I saw that it was a text fro ust The bastard had a nerve

I started to respond before I re back, no ed his happened at once

"Is that asshat bothering you again?" Candy shouted froht as the front door opened

I looked up to see that Tristan had just walked in, and all of the woed, and I could have been happy that the potentially aard conversation about my ex had been avoided, except that Tristan had apparently heard her coh the women’s attention had shifted to focus on him, his was very oing on?" he asked, striding straight to the kitchen He’d obviously taken Candy’s cooing on Why are you ho?"

He shrugged, his eyes going to the phone still in my hand "I ducked out early Is it that asshole ex of yours calling you again? I’ to kick his ass if he doesn’t leave you alone"

I seto to ratified as he sed hard before looking back atall week, and you ditch out? Are you like, allergic to work?"

I’d been trying to distract hi about my ex, and it worked like a char into the kitchen

He grabbed my phone off the counter before I saw his intent

"So rude," I told hih your phone?"

He didn’t look up from my phone as he reached into his pocket and handed me his "Go for it, boo"

"Boo?" Candy called frootten that eren’t alone, which said a lot about how much Tristan distractedhim a very unfriendly look

He didn’t look up, scrolling through ht the phone to his ear

Without another word, he strode out of the kitchen, through the dining roolass door, and walked outside

I followed hi what the hell he was up to

"Is this Daryl?" he said into my phone

My jaw dropped

He paused for a longwas loud, because I could hear his voice froh I couldn’t

"Who I a ass if you don’t leave her alone Oneemail, and I will find you Do you understand?"

He paused again, and I could hear that Daryl was yelling on the other end of the line "It doesn’t sound like you’re understanding what I’ How about I come over to your house, and we can talk about it in person? Hell yeah, call the cops Cops or no, I can guarantee that I will mess you up before they can take me away I’m a very close friend of Danika’s, and I take my friendships very seriously Now do you understand? Lose her fucking nu again "That’s just fine Fuck you, too, irl alone"

He hung up the phone, looking atto ainst hiht that was because I wasn’t really pissed It was ht I should be pissed What I as couy in , "Don’t be mad at me, K? I just want to look out for you I can’t help it You’ve put up with enough of that guy’s shit Let ain"

"You aren’t really going to beat hiht?"

"Sure, boo," heas he never tries to contact you again"

Reluctantly, I pulled myself out of his arms "You’re iave erous sreatback into the house "Irresistible, hed "Exactly," he said

He laughed harder when he saw the writing on my butt "Sassy pants, huh? Did you have those custom made?"

I shot him a very sassy look as I started to open the door "You think you can just infiltrate a girls’ night in? We’ll see about that I’ to have you voted out"

He stopped er out of it If the girls vote ive you that bikini peep show you’ve been fantasizing about"

I raised a brow, instantly intrigued That would be priceless…