Drunk on You by Harper Sloan

Author:Harper Sloan [Sloan, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Hope Town novel
Publisher: Harper Sloan
Published: 2017-09-12T07:00:00+00:00

“So …” Nikki mumbles around a mouth full of her burrito. “You were engaged?”

I finish chewing the bite I had just taken and wash it down with a drink before answering. “Not really.”

“Explain that.”

“I was with her for a few years. She moved here with me when Nate opened Dirty and I took the job he offered. We’d talked about marriage before, but nothing serious and more me entertaining her when she would bring it up. When I gave her that ring, it was more of a one day we might kind of thing because I was honestly sick of her bitching about it. It was never an engagement ring, and she knew that. I think I always knew we weren’t right for each other, and it was easier to dust off our troubles with shiny shit than put up with her screaming all the time.”

“You bought her a ring with no intention of marrying her? Harsh, Kingston, harsh.”

“Not my finest moment,” I agree. “But I didn’t lead her on. She knew what it was.”

“So what happened? You weren’t ready to break it off with her then, clearly, but what happened to end things for y’all?”

I lean back in my seat, looking around the empty dining area of our local Taco Bell. None of the employees are paying us any attention. We might as well be in our own world.

“She fucked someone else.”

“Ouch. Been there. I take it she didn’t stay with him long?”

I let a grunted huff. “Her. She didn’t stay with her for long and correct.”

Nikki’s mouth opens wide, her eyes round. “You’ve got to be kidding me.”

“Do you know any man who would joke about their ex cheating on them with another woman?”

“Well, no.”

I lift my shoulder, not saying anything else. What else is there to say?

“When Seth cheated on me, I blamed myself for a long time. He always told me that he felt like he was sleeping with a dead person because I was apparently that bad in bed. It took me some time to see things clearly. I know now he was lacking and not me. I imagine it’s the same for your situation.”

“You know the sad part,” I tell her, stopping when her phone rings. She doesn’t even look away from me, something that used to drive me nuts with Lacey. She never gave two shits about ignoring me when her phone went off in favor of whatever notification came through. “The sad part is I wasn’t even that upset. She gave me an out from a relationship that was suffocating me.”

“Why didn’t you just break it off with her?”

“You know, I don’t think anyone has ever asked me that. Maybe I was wrong for not ending it before she had a chance to cheat. I thought I loved her, but after we split, I realized what we shared was never close to that. Sure, at a time I cared about her, but love? No.”

Nikki nods, taking another bite.

“I’m sure it’s not a shock that she wasn’t the most level-headed person.

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