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“I’uess it’s still hard forher She leans up and kisses ain

“Come on” I lead her back out to the bar and she takes her seat back at the counter I apologize to Sienna and count h Hattie Whatever this shit is…it ends right now

I grab irl by the hand and take her over to Cassie and I yell for Lucas to join us Cassie looks unco look on his face when he sees that Hattie is holding my hand

“I don’t knohat in the hell the two of you got against Hattie and irl Cassie, we fucked once, it was et off The whole ti Hattie in nant, I have to break it to you, it isn’t by ht there was a chance I’d step up, but it didn’t happen Lucas, Hattie wouldn’t have you even if she wasn’t withup andMaybe the two of you should fuck, I don’t know, but you are done interfering with our lives You’re supposed to bepathetic

I don’t wait for either of the I leave the bar with ood onand I want to keep it that way

They can fuck right off

Chapter 22

Hattie Mae

Zane has been trying so hard to show me that I can count on him and that he will never hurtboyfriend so far He doesn’t even flirt with the wo I told him I would understand if he did, that is how he earns better tips He told me it didn’t matter and that he wants people to respect our relationship He said if he was flirting with other wouess he is right

I think about the shit Lucas and Cassie pulled… and how I reacted, auto the worst of him That wasn’t very fair ofsuch an effort to treat uess it was a combination of the alcohol and my own insecurity that made ht when he toldher ar him I really felt stupid when Zane told me how he loved me I know from here on out he has my trust It won’t always be easy, but he never promised that it would be

Kiesha sent me a text that said Lucas thinks she fucked Zane and that is why he has been hellbent on coet his head out of his ass and ht between him and Zane They shouldn’t hate each other so much

I lay back between his legs in the back of his truck with his arms wrapped around me He kisses the top of my hair and I hear him

inhale deeply

“Did you just sniff my hair?” I twist around to face him

“Just watch the movie, baby,” he orders me