Taking Over (Like a Boss Book 2) by Serenity Woods

Author:Serenity Woods [Woods, Serenity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Harrison

I go quiet, and eventually Gabriella lifts her gaze to meet mine.

“Your ex cheated on you with your sister,” I state flatly.

“Yeah.” Her lips twist. “A double betrayal.”

I can only stare at her for a while. Colette told me that Gaby took the breakup with Alex badly. I’ve been having trouble understanding why. The dickhead cheated on her, for a start, and it doesn’t sound as if she was madly in love with him. Now, though, it makes more sense. From what she’s been saying, it sounds as if things were going downhill, and maybe Gaby would have eventually concluded that it was over, but for the bastard to sleep with her sister… And for this Mel to sleep with her sister’s boyfriend…

“Holy shit,” I say eventually. “That’s fucking awful.”

“Yeah.” She sips her wine to cover her emotion. “I took it really hard.” She swallows, then lifts her chin, a lovely little gesture that tells me she’s determined not to let it get her down any longer. “The thing is, I blamed them both, but now I’ve cooled down I can see the signs I was blind to at the time. About a year ago, Alex and I had a God-awful row about something, and I walked out and went around to Mel’s. She told me then that I had to be careful or I’d lose him. I had a go at her for being so negative—I wanted her to tell me it was all his fault. But she was right, in a way.”

“Were they sleeping together then?”

“I don’t think so. I think it started a few months after that. But it might have been the beginning. Don’t glare—I know you think there’s no excuse for cheating. I’m just saying I should have seen it coming. I know now, after being with you, that whatever had been there between us in the beginning had… faded, I suppose, if not vanished completely. I know you have to work at a relationship to make it work, but I was caught up in everyday life stuff, and I suppose I just thought he’d always be there, you know?”

After being with you. What she means is that this is exciting, especially for someone who’s never had a one-night stand. She’s only ever slept with one person, for Christ’s sake. She hasn’t just stepped out of her comfort zone, she’s practically moved to the next country, so of course it’s going to be exciting.

Even so, I discover I’m strangely pleased by her comment.

She looks sad, though, and that irritates me. I don’t want her to be sad about her ex. I want to smash his face in, and have her do a victory dance around him.

“He should have talked to you about it,” I tell her. “Or broken up with you. Not cheated on you. That wasn’t your fault, Gaby, and you don’t deserve that.”

She reaches up and touches my face. “You’re very sweet.”

My eyebrows rise. “I don’t think anyone’s ever called me that before.

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