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“You tell me”

“Not in the ht, thanks”

She shrugged, trying to s, but her ser were they light or playful There wasn’t a shred of anything that looked remotely friendly Nope This Sio, this Siust was palpable

“Jack seeether or at the very least fucking each other”

Donovan winced at his crude choice of words, though she was careful to keep her face neutral She couldn’t have Cooper Siht That just wouldn’t do

“And?” she asked lightly She moved forward a few inches until she was real close to Cooper “That’s what’s got your boxers all tied up in knots? Last I heard, you were as selfish and self-centered as ever Last I reirlfriend” She allowed herself to smile “More than one of them, if the rumors are true I’m surprised Maverick still talks to you”

He laughed, though it didn’t co his eyes “Last I remember, you screwed Jack’s best friend”

Donovan’s blood went cold, and she felt the tick, the one near herto lose it There was a roaring in her ears and for a second, the world sort of tilted to the side

Ies flashed in her ht, not even Maverick

No one knew

“I don’t knohat you’re talking about,” she et out

Cooper bent real close so that his mouth was near her face She was sure he could hear her heart nearly beating out of her chest “I know all about it Your night with Derek Son-of-a-bitch showed me some pictures I hear there’s video too but I couldn’t sto it”

“I…I…how…” She gulped in so, flushed with mortification and pain and a whole bunch of other stuff she couldn’t name if she wanted to

“Does it really matter?” Cooper asked

“No,” she whispered, more to herself No one was ever supposed to see any of it She heard souely aware that the tumbler of whiskey had slipped from her hand