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Adrenaline coursed through my body. I should have walked away, but anger took over and I yanked the door open. They both looked up at the same time. Lana paled and jumped away from Sean. Sean rocked back on his heels and a smug smile spread over his lips.
Lana smoothed her ponytail then held her hands up in mock surrender. “It’s not what it looks like.”
“Don’t treat me like an idiot, Lana. It’s exactly what it looks like. The two of you were kissing.”
Lana frowned. “Okay. It is what it looks like, but it’s not as bad as it looks.”
“How long?”
They both stared back at me in silence. I banged my fist on the conference table. “How long?”
Lana chewed her lip and shot a glance at Sean. “It’s nothing. One kiss.”
“Was it you the whole time? You’ve been sleeping with my boyfriend behind my back?”
Lana’s eyebrows shot up and she shook her head. “No, Skylar. Honestly. No. I wouldn’t do that.”
“Yes. You fucking would, Lana.”
Her face crumpled. Pain speared my chest. Maybe that wasn’t fair, but the blood roaring in my ears made rational thought fly out of my head. I shouldn’t have even been this angry. I couldn’t care less about Sean anymore, and it wasn’t as though I hadn’t moved on too. I’d been on my knees for another man a couple of doors down the corridor. Still, this was girl code. Lana shouldn’t have been anywhere near my ex-boyfriend. He was no good for her anyway. Why did she even want him?
My heart hammered in my chest. “We’re teammates. How could you?”
“It was one kiss. I thought you’d broken up.”
I transferred my gaze to Sean. “We’re telling people now?”
He shrugged. “This is bullshit, Skylar. You won’t even talk to me. What am I supposed to do? I’m not a monk.”
Anger made my spine stiffen. “Fuck you.” I looked from Sean back to Lana. “Fuck both of you.”
A hurt shadow darkened Lana’s features, but I had no time for guilt. She was the one kissing my ex-boyfriend. It was messed up. Who did that to their best friend? I stormed out the exit and down the corridor. My gaze blurred behind a veil of tears. A hand wrapped around my elbow and Sean spun me round to face him. I pulled myself free from his grip and shoved him away from me.
He threw his hands up in the air. “You said we were over. You kicked me out. Why are you getting so angry now?”
I drew a breath, struggling to keep my voice low. Anyone could walk past and see us. “We agreed to put the team first. If we’re out in the open with this, then we’re going to need to issue a statement.”
“Fine. Then we issue a statement.” His voice was a vicious whisper. “You can’t blame me for this. What am I supposed to do when you give me nothing? You made me feel like shit. What do you expect? I had no choice but to look elsewhere—”
“Is everything okay out here?”
Gabe Rivers stood in front of his office. The back of my neck heated. Had he heard this nonsense? I smoothed my hair and stood taller. The director was the last person I wanted to see me in this state.
“It’s fine. Everything’s fine,” I called.
Sean shook his head, his voice full of contempt. “It’s over, Skylar, but you don’t get to end this. This is me ending it. You’re the problem, not me. I don’t care who knows anymore.”
I fought to quell my anger as I watched him walk back to the seminar room. So much for keeping things quiet. Miri emerged from behind Gabe.
I stiffened my spine. “Did you hear any of that? What Sean said?”
Miri coughed to cover her obvious embarrassment. “A bit. What’s going on? Is everything okay?”
I opened my mouth to give her some line, but my heart contracted at the look of sympathy on her face. My lips trembled.
Shit. Pull yourself together.
The captain can’t fall apart.
