Still Jaded by Tijan

Author:Tijan [Tijan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Mystery, Romance, Young Adult, Suspense, Contemporary
Published: 2013-04-24T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

As I settled into a chair next to one of the windows, I grabbed a blanket for my lap. Then I took a deep breath and looked at my phone. I scrolled through the messages until I found Bryce's. The text stared back at me; it haunted me. So I took a deep breath, called him, and waited as it rang.

"Sheldon?" He sounded out of breath.

"Where are you?"

"I'm…," he hesitated. "I'm out right now. You're in New York?"

"My mom's gone. She needed someone to watch the apartment, and I wanted to get away."

"You're running away." He sounded as disappointed as Corrigan had been.

"Are you with her right now?" Corrigan might've said the affair was faked, but my gut said otherwise. I went with my gut.

"Oh come on. I'm in love with you and you know it. Whatever is on the television is because Mathias is pushing that with a publicist. They want to rev up this entire media about me. They think it'll sell more tickets, and the Suns will give me more money because of it. They just want more money themselves. That's the bottom line. There's nothing going on with me and her."

He never answered the question. My gut sank. "Were you with her before I left Spain?"

There was a long pause on his end. And then, after what felt like an hour, he answered, "I have never cheated on you, not after I told you that I loved you in high school."

"When were you with her?"

"Sheldon—"

"Tell me!" I shouted as my chest heaved. Then I clamped onto the sides of my chair and forced myself to stay seated. If I started pacing now, I didn't know what I'd do. I bunched my hands into the blanket and willed myself to think clearly. I can't get worked up. I cannot. I can't trash Denton's place. I could scare a moose.

"What do you want me to say, Sheldon? In high school, you got pissed if I didn't sleep with other girls. Then fast forward a bit and you can't handle it if I even look at one?"

I took another one of those deep calming breaths. It didn't work. "Are you kidding me?! You use that as a justification? I am fully aware that I'm not the mentally healthiest person around, but I'm not an idiot. I've been to counseling. You screwed another girl and you're blaming me for it?"

"Sheldon…"

"Do you still have balls? Or did she take them?"

"Sheldon!" He growled into the phone.

Chair be damned! I shot to my feet and started to pace. He had the nerve—the bastard had the nerve to flip it on me. I was the reason why he screwed that hussy. I was the reason why she was still around. Me! I could've done him harm if he was in the same room. As I continued to pace, I felt my heartbeat skyrocket. This always happened. I'd get upset, start moving around, and before I knew what I was doing, I'd have half the room trashed—or I would've screwed my neighbor.

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