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Her smile is sweet, nod is quick “Is that horrible of me?”

“No, it’s not horrible at all,” I reassure, glancing at the fire as it crackles “I can see how all of this with Lia I don’t like how I’ve been perceived I want her to understand I take a long gulp of irlfriend Sophia”

Mallory’s mouth drops open, eyes widen “You what?” she finally sputters

I chuckle against the ri the bottle back to the ar me to say?”

“Yes, totally, coht you’d say” She’s statue still in her seat, unblinking “I thoughtbut wait…you slept with his girlfriend?”

“I did,” I confirm

Mallory finally blinks, settling back into her seat “When did this happen?”

“Back in law school ere roommates”

She blinks again “You were roommates?”

“We were”

Eyes still wide, she sips her wine, obviously atte to recover froives her head a fir to take a uys lived together In fact, I’ement didn’t end up in murder”

I laugh at her joke, tilting my beer bottle toward her “You and me both, and believe me, we almost did kill each other”

Mallory’s eyes slowly return to nor in what I’ve told her before addressing le or so?”

“There are two sides to this story,” I tell her simply “My side and Liam’s side, and I’m sure they sound very different”

She waves me on “Okay, what’s your side?”