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“How long?”
He clears his throat. “I’ve always known what Ophelia Callaghan does.”
“Always…” The air rushes from my lungs. “Did you know this whole time who I was? The crash, the…” I swallow, my throat burning. “Did you know what the papers used to call me?” When he stays silent, it confirms my suspicions. “Oh my god. You told me you knew me better than I think. You knew who I was this whole time, didn’t you? Did you plan this from the beginning? Was the whole me working with you just for fun? Something you’d laugh about when you went to bed at night?”
“Ava,” he growls.
“Was the sex to gain my trust? Or an added bonus? A way to get your dick wet?”
“Stop,” he snaps, stepping closer and towering over me. “Is that what you want it to be? Would it make it easier to hate me if I told you it was only sex?”
“It doesn’t matter now. Either way you’re a bastard that your friends and family should be ashamed of.Allof them,” I say cruelly, my chest heaving. It’s a lowblow, hinting that his mum would be ashamed, too. But it’s the truth. My father would be if I’d done what Jet has.
He lowers his mouth to my ear. “In that case, if it was just sex, at least it was hot, dirty as fuck sex with you, Ava. Maybe it’s worth everyone hating me for the memories I’ve got.”
I shove him away.
“You’re disgusting.”
“Then you’ll not miss me, will you?”
“Not for one second.”
A coarse sound comes from the back of his throat before he squashes it and breaks eye contact with me for the first time since he saw me.
“Was any of it real?”
I hate myself the minute the words leave my mouth. For the hope inside them. For the power I’m handing over to him. But he’s already taken everything. I’ve nothing left to lose.
“Did it feel real?” He brings his eyes back to mine. His expression doesn’t soften. It stays the same, blue eyes penetrating my soul, reaching deep inside me, and taking what they want without asking permission.
Being Jet Grant.
“I thought it did,” I breathe. “I thought a lot of things.”
“Then it was real, Ava.”
He moves closer, his hand reaching up and brushing my hair away from my cheek. His eyes still don’t soften. But his jaw loosens as he runs his thumb over mywet cheek. The urge to lean into his palm overwhelms me, and I’m left frozen in place as I fight it.
“It was never meant to be like this. I never wanted to hurt you.”
“Liar.”
His eyes pinch at the corners as he drops his hand from my cheek.
“If you’d never wanted to hurt me, you wouldn’t have played me. You’ve had one goal since we met. And it was for you to win. To hell with anyone else.”
His eyes rake over my face like it’s the last time he’ll see it.
“Are you going to tell Ophelia?”
My heart falls to my feet and I stare at him as my chest burns in the hole it’s left behind.
“That’s all you care about? That your deal with Callaghan isn’t ruined?”
His jaw ticks as he watches me. It takes everything I have in me to steady my voice.
“I don’t know,” I answer honestly.
