My Last Kiss by Bethany Neal

Author:Bethany Neal
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780374351298
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

BETRAYAL

“I DID IT FOR YOU—it was for your own good.” Madison’s pathetic and completely untrue excuse unleashed a sickening pang in my stomach.

“You don’t do anything for anyone but yourself, and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to figure that out.” I whipped my head around to address Caleb. “And what about you? Did you have an elaborate plan for my own good too?”

“No,” Caleb insisted. “I only came here because she told me you would need me.”

“He’s high, Cassidy. He doesn’t—”

I shoved my hand in Madison’s face to stifle her lies and turned back to Caleb. “What did she tell you?”

He leaned against the thick oak tree that was hiding the three of us from the party and pressed his hands to the sides of his head like he was literally holding himself together.

“Well?” I snapped at him, taking one step closer and stopping, my arms stiff at my sides while I swallowed down the quaver I felt creeping up my throat.

He met Madison’s eyes with an expression somewhere between surprise and insult, then looked at me. “You want to know why she invited me here? She and I share a common goal.”

“He’s lying, Dees.”

I narrowed my eyes at him. “I can’t believe you set me up like this—with help from my friend.” I bit back the last word, blinking away tears. Madison was not my friend anymore and there was no way I was going to give either of them the satisfaction of making me cry. “How could you?”

“How could I?” Caleb’s brown eyes widened, and he dropped his hands. “You’re cheating on your boyfriend. I’m a free agent.” He crossed his legs at the ankles, resting his full weight on the tree.

I coughed a short breath. “Yeah, and what’s your specialty? Freelance betrayal? Do you charge per day or is there a flat rate for breaking up happy couples?”

“You and Ethan aren’t happy together,” Madison cut in. “If you were, you wouldn’t have stooped so low behind his back.”

I tried to speak, but nothing came out. She was right. Something was off with Ethan and me. We weren’t happy the way we used to be, but that didn’t mean I’d stopped loving him or wanting to be with him. There were other factors that had nothing to do with him for why I was unhappy. It just felt easier to push away someone I knew wouldn’t leave than to face the real problem.

“I never would’ve even talked to him if it weren’t for my paren—” I leveled a death stare at Madison. “You’ve known this whole time, haven’t you? And now you’re using it against me? I trusted you.” She broke into sloppy tears in response. I turned to Caleb. “I thought you understood what I was going through, but I guess that was a big act.”

His expression softened. “I do understand, Cassidy. She told me, but I didn’t expect to…”

“To what?” I spit at him. “Betray our friendship with an ultimatum?”

Caleb looked away from

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