Pulled Away (An Away Novel) by Siena Sloane

Author:Siena Sloane [Sloane, Siena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter eighteen

Aspen

Put on some clothes, Hadley.

You still sleep on the left side of the bed, right?

The words are a refrain playing on an endless loop in my mind.

Powering down my phone, I throw it on the couch, not caring where it lands. Clutching my shot glass, I head to the kitchen. Fuck the glass. Tonight is a straight-out-of-the-bottle kind of night. I’m going to drink until I don’t feel anything.

When I messaged Piper, saying I’d be a bit late because I was moving in with Carter, I wasn’t expecting this. I wasn’t expecting a knock on the door an hour later, and for my friends to be on the other side, arms full of alcohol. Even Rose. She cannot stand Carter, but she came. For me. That was stupid of me. I should have known because that’s just the type of friends they are.

Carter wouldn’t hear my apologies, brushing it off by saying he was always down for a party. I think he was secretly relieved to have backup—not to have to put up with my mopey face on his own.

I grab the bottle of tequila and chug down a few mouthfuls, shuddering with every swallow.

“That bad?” Maya asks, startling me. I was so lost in my misery, that I didn’t notice her walk up.

“Just friends, my ass,” I mutter, wiping my lips and taking another swig. “Get this. They’re sharing a room.”

“What the fuck?” Hearing Maya swear is so jarring, I giggle. She doesn’t swear. Ever. I giggle again, which turns into a hiccup.

“Oh, and that’s not all.”

“What’s not all?” Rose asks, sliding up next to Maya and frowning at the bottle of tequila I’m hugging against my chest. Too bad. This bottle is mine, and I don’t intend to share it. I had no control over having to share my boyfriend, but this, this I can control.

Rose has been subdued all night, and I don’t know if it’s because she’s here—in Carter’s house—or because she’s pissed at her brother.

“Ryan and Hadley’s sharing a room,” Maya whispers, but despite the loud music, I can still hear her. I know I just said those same words a minute ago, but hearing someone else say it has me chugging again. Tonight I’m making this Tequila my bitch.

Both of them are staring at me in sympathy when I lower the bottle. They stepped away to give me privacy when I decided to answer Ryan’s call. I should have known better than to answer. But like I said, you can’t just turn your feelings off with a snap of your fingers, and I missed his voice. I wanted to hear it. If only for a few seconds.

“Hadley was naked when he called. Can you believe the disrespect?” Can you believe the callousness? “He could at least have waited till after the phone call to fuck her brains out.”

“That doesn’t sound like Ryan,” Rose says, her frown deepening.

I shrug because a month ago, I would have agreed with her. “Just saying what I heard.”

“Wait,” I say, frowning at Maya.

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