The Good Neighbors by Kiersten Modglin

Author:Kiersten Modglin [Modglin, Kiersten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kiersten Modglin
Published: 2019-06-22T16:00:00+00:00

When Bryant arrived at home, he rushed into the room, his hair frazzled. “What is it?” he asked, eyes wide. “What happened?”

She sat up on the couch, staring at him with a horrified expression. “I need to ask you something,” she said, wiping her eyes. “And I need you to be completely honest with me.”

He froze in place, and she could swear his color fell two shades lighter. “Okay,” he said, his voice barely above a whisper.

“Are you attracted to Tori?” she asked, crossing her arms and watching as his worried expression grew terrified.

“W-what? No! Of course not. No. Why would you think that? No! Babe, of course not.” He spit the words out as fast as they would come, his head shaking incessantly.

“You’re lying,” she said, and they both knew she was right. She stood up, her eyes narrowing at him. “I know that you are.”

“What did she say to you?” he asked.

She inhaled sharply at his almost-confession. That’s what that was, right? His words told her all she needed to know. “What do you think she told me?”

He looked away, seeming to be contemplating his next move. When he looked back up, his jaw was tight and his eyes had grown watery. “I’m so sorry,” he told her. She wanted to go to him, her automatic response when he showed any sign of vulnerability, but she couldn’t. She had to stand firm here. She had to know the truth. The whole truth.

“You’re sorry?” she asked. “For what, exactly?” She was trying to seem like she knew more than he did, and he was trying to determine exactly how much she did know. Bryant was an open book, his expressions so easy for her to read after so long together.

“I love you,” he whispered.

“Bryant, you aren’t getting out of this.”

“I love you,” he said again, stepping toward her and taking both of her hands in his. “I need you to hear that. I wanted to tell you what I did. What we did. It was stupid. A mistake. I never should’ve done it. It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t even entirely intentional. But, I still did it. I’ll never forgive myself. I can’t say I blame you if you never forgive me, either. But I do love you, Harper. Only you. Tori and I…it was a huge mistake. I never want to see her again. I want to be with you. Being with her, it only confirmed what I knew about us.”

Tears began falling more freely, and she dropped his hands, unable to form words. She closed her eyes, trying desperately to pull herself together. “You…you slept with her?”

His eyes darted in between hers, and he seemed to realize his mistake. “You didn’t know?”

She shook her head. “Jason said she was attracted to you. That he thought you were attracted to her, too.”

“How would he know that? Wait a minute, why was Jason—”

She turned on her heel, storming into the kitchen with Bryant close behind. “Don’t you dare! Don’t you dare ask me what he was doing here.

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