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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”