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I hadn’t noticed the strain until recently, but now that I had, there was so on between the two of theether, the pressure in the air seerew thicker somehow

The next ti?”

Anika blinked guilelessly and played dumb “Who?”

I shot her a look, one that said I wasn’t stupid “You and Sasha, that’s who”

Her eyes darkened a notch, and the scoffed response surprisedSasha doesn’t do that He is gracious, and polite, and uber respectful In order for us to fight, he’d have to give a fuck first”

The bitterness in her tone ht back to what she said that night at The White Rabbit

“Trust ht, and all I did was reject hiive and forget”

I looked toa heated discussion with Cora, and as he atteht the way his eyes slid over Anika and stayed there

No way

My gut tightened with realization

“Anika?” I asked cautiously, pouring a whisky “The guy…” She paused besideabout, the one who doesn’t give second chances…”

Iht, huh?”

I caught her arently and reeled her back in, and the way she looked around, panicked, it screamed that she was backed into a corner My brain ained the ability to speak, I uttered in astonishuy It’s him, isn’t it?”

Anika’s blue eyes darted around, looking everywhere but at me After a second, she forced an eye roll “No That would be crazy” She tried to hold it in, but her eyes revealed her misery “Ifroot heavy, and her lips trembled as she endeavored to joke, “I’d have to file ht?”

Oh my God It was Sasha I was 100 percent convinced Sasha was the guy

I atte Mycame out I didn’t knohat to do with this infor and wanted to tell her it wasn’t a big deal, but the other part of me knew that it was

She was right, of course

Anika lost her virginity to Lev She spent thewhat she could to appeal to him, to make him notice her When Lev found Mina, Anika loathed her for the ot between them, tried to assert her dominance over Lev in a way that was partly crazed