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“I wouldn’t recorabbed my wrists “That’s not the answer to any of this”

“Well that’s not your problem, is it?” I smiled at him widely “I can do what I want”

“Liv” He said aze was intense as he stared at me

“Yes, Xander?” I said lightly I’ off on our conversation I was getting off on the fact that I could rile hi the fact that he was acting jealous The only probleup with Gabby and tellingto hi me he was horny for me And well, I already knew that I wanted more than that from him I wanted him to look at me with more than lust I wanted to look into his eyes and see so akin to love I know that was an unrealistic expectation He barely knew me and I barely knew him, but that’s what I wanted That’s what I hoped to see I wanted to see a real e e to do with lust

“Have a good evening” He said finally and turned away “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do” He said and then walked back into the living rooutted and rejected I could still feel his lips on my neck I still felt branded by his touch and I hated myself for it

“You ready?” Alice walked out of the living rooht and I nodded

“What did Aiden say?” I whispered to her as I pulled up the Uber app on my phone

“Nothing good” She sighed “He just asked et into too much trouble”

“What?” My voice rose “I swear he’s the h, Aiden is so annoying”

“I think it’s cute that he’s so protective” Alice looked wistful

“Trusthi”

“Cheers” Alice giggled as we took another tequila shot and then rose our glasses of vodka coke up in the air “Here’s to the men we’ve loved, the men we’ve lost, the men we’ve screwed and the men we’ve booed, here’s to the men to come and the men to make us come”

“Alice” I laughed out loud “You’re so bad”

“I’m not done” She winked at me and her voice rose above the sound of the music “Here’s to the men to come and the ht, and the ht, here’s to the er than a ferry”

“Bigger than a ferry?” I said and then chugged er than a ferry?”