You can’t be serious.
DOM
I am.
Haven’t let anyone else inside me.
Wanted you to be the first.
And last.
I groaned as I stared up at the ceiling. I couldn’t be having this conversation with Dominic. It wasn’t appropriate.
RYAN
You can’t say shit like that to me.
I’m engaged.
And I’d never cheat on Kate.
DOM
But you’re okay cheating on me?
My nose wrinkled.
RYAN
How in the fuck did your brain reach that conclusion?
DOM
You were mine first. You promised to always be mine. That hasn’t changed just because you’ve decided to offer yourself to someone else.
RYAN
No, it changed when you left me behind.
When you chose Max over me.
DOM
I didn’t choose Max over you. I chose to live.
And you were the one who didn’t want to try long-distance. Not me.
I would’ve done anything to make things work.
Tears burned at the backs of my eyes as he offered me another lie. If that had been true, he wouldn’t have left that night.
He would’ve been there in the morning, ready to work through italongside me.
Anger pulsed through me as I threw my phone against the wall. I flopped back on the bed, determined to put him at the back of my mind.
But, like always, Dominic wasn’t content to stay there.
“You can fuck me,”his voice whispered hoarsely in my imagination. “Anytime you like.”