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“I knew you cared” My gaze fixes on the hollow of his neck His bare shoulders His chest His stomach Those soft hairs beneath his belly button “You’re such a guy”
“And you’re apathetic?”
“Totally”
“Then why’d you ask?”
“Because…”
“You want to knohy she left”
“How could anyone leave you?” My cheeks flush “I don’t mean…” Yes, I do I don’t understand how anyone could leave Ryan But I can’t adood to her”
“Her story’s different”
“What? That’s ridiculous”
“Parts of it”
“You want to talk about it?”
“Not with you drunk”
“I’m not drunk”
He motions to the half-empty bottle on the dresser
“It wasn’t a fresh bottle”