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Chapter 36

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his won’t do. I don’t know if it’s the margarita or the Long Island Iced
Tea talking, but I will not take this lying down. Unless she’s naked and
wants me to lie down. I digress. I am getting in my car, I am going to
march up to our, I mean, her house, and she is going to talk to me. I jump in my
SUV before I lose my nerve. I zig-zag through traffic like a man on a mission.
Seventeen minutes later, I find myself at her house staring at a car I’ve never seen
before. I refuse to be derailed. I march up to the blue door and knock. I still have
my key, but now is not the time sneak up on her.
The door swings open.
“What the fuck.” It’s out of my mouth before I can compose my reaction.
I stare down at Teo’s ugly face arranged into a smug smile. “How may we help

we you?” He sneers at me.
“We?” I ask, hurt and rage starting to swirl through my body.
“Oh. She didn’t tell you? We’re back together.” He feigns boredom with the
conversation.
“Bullshit. Where is she?”
“Taking a shower, we had a little fun earlier.” The blood roars in my ears, and
my head is spinning.
Could she really make love to me all night and then Teo the next day? Cassie
was sleeping with Monty. My self-doubt eats at me. She did break up with you this
morning to sort things out. My heart is stubborn.
“I want to hear it from her.” Teo’s eyes snap impatiently inside the house.
“I told you she’s in the shower.”