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“Forget everything about me. The way I’m going to make sure I forget you. You are a liar and a cheat. And we are done.”
He stares back at me as I deliver my closing statement. Then he walks out the door and slams it so hard that the roses he gave me last week shake in the vase on the table.
I storm over and lock the door, blood rushing in my ears. Then I scoop up the vase and march into the kitchen. I open the trash can and tip the vase up, emptying its contents, water included, straight inside.
“Roses,” I snarl as the lid slams down, hiding their blood red petals.
I don’t even like roses.
Chapter 4
Drew
“How long ago didshe turn you down? And you’re still not over it. A decade?” Logan asks.
Tanner snorts into his glass.
“Fuck off.”
“Four years,” my sister, Maddy, says as she leans into Logan’s side.
We’re at the launch of Vex, Logan’s new eco rocket engine design. The lucky bastard isn’t only a master at engineering, but he also won my sister’s heart along the way. Although, as far as I’m concerned, the two of them hold hands. Nothing more.
“Why don’t you go and talk to her?” Maddy asks.
My eyes stay fixed on the golden-haired beauty across the room. She’s wearing a long purple evening dress. One that hugs every feminine curve of her body. My mouth goes dry before I drain the rest of my whiskey.
“Apparently, she’s dating someone,” I say before tipping my empty glass toward Logan and motioning to the bar.
He shakes his head, looking around at all the investors that have come to the lavish party. “We need to speak to some people.”
I nod, and Tanner joins me as we move toward the bar. I signal the bartender, and he replaces our glasses with two fresh ones.
“You know, maybe Maddy has a point,” Tanner says, taking a sip as he follows my gaze back across the room.
Back toher.
I grunt, leaning one elbow on the bar, watching as she smiles at something her friend in the blue dress is saying. The two of them are in a deep discussion with our friend, Dax, and his girlfriend, Rose.
“All this staring at her.” Tanner chuckles. “Why don’t you just go and talk to her? You’re not getting any younger.”
“Says the guy who took over eighteen months to even tell his wife who he really was.”
He grumbles, “Yeah, all right. Do as I say, not as I do.”
He knows I’m joking. But it’s still a fact. He met his wife, Rachel, randomly at the airport on his way to a meeting in New York. She helped him find his lost laptop and saved the company from losing a multimillion-dollar deal. Then he pined after her for eighteen months before finally asking her out. And the entire time, he never told her that he was the airport guy that she’d forgotten about.
I straighten in my seat as a man approaches their group and places his hand low on her back.Too fucking low.I fight to portray a relaxed demeanor, leaning one elbow on the bar. When in reality, my body’s urging me to jump up from my seat and march over there to demand he back the fuck off.
Tanner’s silent next to me as he watches her expertly steer the clinger away with a few words and a polite smile. I relax into my seat a little.
Good girl.
“Lawyer woman can handle herself,” Tanner comments as the man slinks away, looking dejected. “I can see why you like her.”
“Sophie,” I mutter. “Her name’s Sophie.”
As if she can hear me, she looks straight up into my eyes. Her green eyes hold mine long enough for my heart to pump so hard that I have to swallow it down for fear it will jump out of my throat.
