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As ain, desperate to feel hiain, I held off Not because of the co ile lately No, because of the commitment I’d made to myself
So instead of going to Bella, I did the safe thing I went out and got drunk with my best friend
“I cheated on Pete,” I blurted over the rim of my Old Fashioned
Jessica, who had just taken a sip of her rosé, started choking noisily Everyone in the bar looked around in concern I waved the forward to pat her on the back She was prone to drauessed I should let her have this one I hadn’t planned on telling her, but the booze had loosened ue I had many secrets from my friends, but I couldn’t hold this one in Couldn’t hold him in He needed to exist outside of my mind, my memories Maybe then he wouldn’t hold so much power over me
Once she recovered, she did not speak to me, she turned to Aiden, the bartender at our favorite bar who also happened to be in love with Jessica He had moved close, his dark brows furrowed in concern
“We need two ne”
Aiden, used to Jessica and ready to do anything to make her fall ht away, darlin” in his very attractive Southern twang
Now Jessica turned totwinkle in a very attractive man’s eyes, as she had been since they met
“Chahtly I would drink wine in a pinch but was al
“Oh, can you please be a girl for once, and be excited about a bubbly drink,” she scolded “We’re celebrating”
“Celebratingon Pete?” I clarified
“Fuck yes!” she replied, draining her drink I was i so quickly after the aforementioned drink alht, and she was not fucking around My friend was a great , and because Eli’s father was ht of parenthood When ent out, ent all out Not to a club or anything insane like that, we had no interest in paying for overpriced drinks, wearing unco at each other That was our early twenties
We were in our early thirties andwasted in our familiar bar
“Nor infidelity, but this is a special case,” Jessica continued, slalass on the bar
“I’lasses, darlin’,” Aiden joked, looking at Jessica with a twinkle in his eyes
She frowned at him “I’ve broken like two”