My So-Called Perfect Life by K.A. Berg

Author:K.A. Berg [Berg, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BergBooks LLC
Published: 2020-10-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Danielle

Standing in front of the mirror, I toss my hair to the left then right, trying to give it some kind of volume, when I hear a knock at the door. Glancing at the clock on my cable box, I see it’s only five fifteen. Ryan is early.

Smacking my lips together one more time, I smooth out my bright pink lipstick—an impulse-buy the other day at Ulta.

Flirty sundress? Check.

Cute wedges on my feet? Check.

Perfect eyelashes? Double check.

“Coming,” I call out as I exit my bedroom and head across my fairly small apartment to the front door. “You’re early,” I say, opening the door, expecting to see Ryan.

But nope, not Ryan. A cheating ex-bastard is standing at my door instead.

Scott jostles the box in his hand and gives me a timid smile. “Expecting someone?”

“Definitely not you,” I bite out.

I haven’t thought about Scott often over the last month of seeing Ryan. I’ve had so much other stuff going on more worthy of my attention. But the anger that I thought had pretty much fizzled out rears its ugly head.

“What are you doing here, Scott?”

He awkwardly stands there as I glare at him.

“I sent you a few texts,” he says. “But you haven’t responded. You left some things at my place. I figured you might want them back.”

I don’t want anything back from his place. It could all be infested with crabs for all I know. “Because I blocked you. I have nothing to say to you. Especially after how you acted the last time you were here.”

“Come on, Danielle. I was drunk and mad. I used some bad judgment. You called the cops and got me back. Plus, you stole all the money. But, still. We spent six years of our lives together. Is this how it’s going to be between us now?”

“Are you kidding me with this shit?” I scoff, standing in the doorway. He’s fucking delusional!

“Six years where I clearly never even knew you. How long were you cheating on me, Scott? Were any of those messages you sent me to inform me that you gave me chlamydia or to apologize for trying to break my door down?”

“I didn’t know I gave it to you. I made a mistake, Danielle,” he says lamely. “I told you that.”

“You didn’t bother to make sure you didn’t give it to me either, asshole. You clearly never cared about me.” I didn’t even know Ryan and I made sure to go back when I’d found out the truth. It’s called being a decent human being; which Scott is not. “Nothing you did was a mistake, Scott. It was all deliberate. Your only mistake was leaving your phone on the roof.”

He places the box on the ground and tries to step closer to me. “No, Danielle, my mistake was taking you and what we had for granted. I know I fucked up royally, but it doesn’t mean I don’t love you. We can fix this.”

My anger rises and surges in my chest. How

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