Heart Breaker: A Brother's Best Friend College Sports Romance (Rebels of Rushmore Book 2) by Michelle Hercules

Author:Michelle Hercules [Hercules, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Infinite Sky Publishing
Published: 2021-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

23

JANE

Troy is leaning against the wall opposite Andreas’s apartment with his arms crossed and an expression capable of leveling an army. I match his furious glare and then walk away from him without a word.

“Jane, wait.”

“What for? So you can yell at me some more? Humiliate me in public?”

“That’s not my intention. But you have to understand where I’m coming from. I just found out that my best friend is sleeping with my sister behind my back. That’s fucked up, Jane.”

“Yeah? And whose fault is that? If you weren’t so pigheaded when it comes to me, maybe we would have told you we were together from the start.”

“That’s a lame excuse. He should have manned up and told me.”

I stop and whirl around, stepping into his personal space to poke him in the chest. “He wanted to tell you from the start. The only reason he didn’t was because I asked him to wait. So if you need someone to aim your misplaced anger at, I’m your target.”

I resume my escape, getting angrier by the second. Troy follows me, but at least he refrains from saying another word until we reach my car.

Before I can get in, he touches my arm. “I’m never going to blame you for what happened. You’re only eighteen. Even if you think you started all this, he should have put a stop to it.”

“You’re so full of shit, it’s not even funny. Do you know how Andy and I got together the first time? He didn’t know it was me. That’s right. I tricked him into sleeping with me.”

Troy’s eyebrows shoot to the heavens. “Why would you do that?”

“Because I’ve been in love with Andy for three years, but I knew he would never cross that line with me. I’m not denying it was a terrible thing to do. Andy was furious when he found out. He felt horrible he didn’t recognize me.”

“And that doesn’t tell you to run for the hills? Come on, Jane. I thought you were smarter than that.”

“Don’t patronize me!” I snap.

“I’m not. I’m just trying to open your eyes. I get being so infatuated with someone that you ignore the red flags.”

“I don’t need your help. I know about the risks. But Andy is worth all of them.”

Troy clenches his jaw hard, narrowing his eyes. “I hope he feels the same way about you.”

There’s a myriad of things I want to tell him, the top one on the list being a big “fuck you,” but I don’t voice any of them. Troy walks away, and I lose my chance to have the last word. My pulse is pounding in my ears when I slide behind the steering wheel. My eyesight is blurry thanks to all the unshed tears, and my chest is heavy. I don’t know what makes me sadder—the fact this is the biggest fight I’ve ever had with Troy or that he spoke out loud all my fears in relation to Andreas.

Mom’s ringtone breaks the silence inside the car.

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