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“Aubrey,” Zane says, but I shake my head and narrow my eyes at him “Fine Okay, I’ll take you home”
“Thank you”
At the door, Rina pulls“He’s a moron, but he’s not all bad When you calm down a bit, listen to him, okay?”
I will not cry “Thank you,” is all I say, and then I walk to the car I sit in the passenger seat and wait as Zane appears to get an earful from both Rina and Ben
How could he say that? Thathiet him to move out when I saw that there was a in
I wouldn’t kno to play a guy if I had a handbook and a YouTube tutorial for reference Especially not someone like Zane Cooper
Zane finally joins ine, and pulls away from Ben and Rina’s house, headed toward our condo We live only about a three-minute drive away
“Aubrey, I’m sorry”
“You know, that was a shitty thing to say,” I reply ier at hiames”
“I know” He sighs and pulls his hand down his face “I don’t even knohy I said it I know it’s not true”
“It was hurtful And if you said it, then a piece of you believes it And, frankly, there’s nothing I can do about that because I haven’t done anything to you tobut you I don’t care that you’re famous, Zane”
“Are you sure?” He pulls into his parking space and cuts the engine, then turns to me “Are you sure that you don’t care?”
I roll et out of the car, and hurry up the stairs to the condo I don’t huff and puff like I did e firston the kitchen island, and pace the rooitation
“What do you want me to say?” I demand “That I’e stroke to inity to the likes of Zane Cooper, the most famous man in the world?”
“So “And have Well, not the virginity part, but you knohat I mean”
“No I don’t knohat you mean, Zane Because you don’t talk toout here, in a tiny condo in Seattle But you knohat? It’s none of ht start talking, then walk to the fridge and grab a bottle of wine and a glass I stomp back to my bedroom I don’t slam the door because I’m not a child
But I really want to
I set e of the bed My heart hurts My stomach is in knots
And I’ at his perfect head
I hear him try to turn the doorknob and clench my eyes closed I feel the tears now My throat burns and feels tight