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discovered he didn’t have any money, she would move onto her next victim and leave him totally devastated by it.
“Why should I care?” s he mumbled to herself.
If Will was foolish enough to become entangled in the web McKinley was spinning for him then he deserved what he got. Except he wasn’t a fool and Serena knew it. Which meant he was only in it for the physical gratification too. Anger and resentment rose hard and sharp, the bitter taste of it hardening her resolve not to cry over a man who chose lust over love. My God, were all men like that? Were they all so easily distracted by the prospect of having sex with a woman like McKinley that they couldn’t see what they were throwing away?
A harsh sob tore from her throat. Will wasn’t throwing away anything. What was she compared to McKinley , or any other woman for that matter? She was damaged goods in both mind and body, someone to be pitied or fretted over like a wounded animal that had been abandoned on the roadside. She hated herself for feeling this way, and she hated McKinley and Will for the raw pain that sliced through her whenever she thought of the two of them together. But she wouldn’t cry and she would never let either of them know how much they had hurt her.
***
Will tapped on Serena’s bedroom door, more than a little shocked by the upbeat lilt to her voice when she called out for him to come in. At best, he had hoped to find her withdrawn but approachable; at worst, he was afraid she would be in tears and unwilling to discuss it. What he hadn’t expected was the bright smile and calm exterior she greeted him with. It was unnerving and concerned him more than if he’d found her crying or even hostile towards him.
“If you’ve come to let me know you and McKinley are going out, you shouldn’t have bothered,” Serena said as she came back inside and stood at the foot of her bed. “I figured you two would want some time alone to catch up, that’s why I left so quickly.”
“Serena…”
“It never even occurred to me how selfish it was to monopolize all your time until McKinley showed up . I realized I was keeping you from going out and enjoying yourself instead of being cooped up here with me.”
“I like being here with you…”
“And I’m glad about that, but I would hate to think our friendship is interfering with your love life.”
Will’s frown deepened. “What love life? I don’t have one, and I don’t…”
“I know you don’t have one, that’s what I’m trying to tell you. Will, I understand a man’s need for female companionship and I a m not going to be upset if you want to start dating McKinley. She’s a beautiful, desirable woman, and from what I overheard there was a…mutual interest in renewing your relationship.”
If he didn’t think it would do more harm than good, Will would have taken her by the shoulders and tried to shake some sense into her. Like hell she understood a man’s need for female companionship! She was running scared, and attempting to pawn him off on McKinley was a defense mechanism, plain and simple. Hearing that he’d kissed her sister had no doubt come as a shock and this was Serena’s way of dealing with it, but he didn’t believe her magnanimous gesture was any more sincere than McKinley’s denial that she was jealous.
“There is nothing to renew,” he replied as patiently as he could. “Your sister has a vivid imagination and she made a lot more out of what happened between us than there really was. I’m sorry I never told you before, but now that you know , I think I need to explain a few things.”
“Don’t be silly,” she waved a dismissive hand in the air. “You don’t need to explain anything. I think I would
“Why should I care?” s he mumbled to herself.
If Will was foolish enough to become entangled in the web McKinley was spinning for him then he deserved what he got. Except he wasn’t a fool and Serena knew it. Which meant he was only in it for the physical gratification too. Anger and resentment rose hard and sharp, the bitter taste of it hardening her resolve not to cry over a man who chose lust over love. My God, were all men like that? Were they all so easily distracted by the prospect of having sex with a woman like McKinley that they couldn’t see what they were throwing away?
A harsh sob tore from her throat. Will wasn’t throwing away anything. What was she compared to McKinley , or any other woman for that matter? She was damaged goods in both mind and body, someone to be pitied or fretted over like a wounded animal that had been abandoned on the roadside. She hated herself for feeling this way, and she hated McKinley and Will for the raw pain that sliced through her whenever she thought of the two of them together. But she wouldn’t cry and she would never let either of them know how much they had hurt her.
***
Will tapped on Serena’s bedroom door, more than a little shocked by the upbeat lilt to her voice when she called out for him to come in. At best, he had hoped to find her withdrawn but approachable; at worst, he was afraid she would be in tears and unwilling to discuss it. What he hadn’t expected was the bright smile and calm exterior she greeted him with. It was unnerving and concerned him more than if he’d found her crying or even hostile towards him.
“If you’ve come to let me know you and McKinley are going out, you shouldn’t have bothered,” Serena said as she came back inside and stood at the foot of her bed. “I figured you two would want some time alone to catch up, that’s why I left so quickly.”
“Serena…”
“It never even occurred to me how selfish it was to monopolize all your time until McKinley showed up . I realized I was keeping you from going out and enjoying yourself instead of being cooped up here with me.”
“I like being here with you…”
“And I’m glad about that, but I would hate to think our friendship is interfering with your love life.”
Will’s frown deepened. “What love life? I don’t have one, and I don’t…”
“I know you don’t have one, that’s what I’m trying to tell you. Will, I understand a man’s need for female companionship and I a m not going to be upset if you want to start dating McKinley. She’s a beautiful, desirable woman, and from what I overheard there was a…mutual interest in renewing your relationship.”
If he didn’t think it would do more harm than good, Will would have taken her by the shoulders and tried to shake some sense into her. Like hell she understood a man’s need for female companionship! She was running scared, and attempting to pawn him off on McKinley was a defense mechanism, plain and simple. Hearing that he’d kissed her sister had no doubt come as a shock and this was Serena’s way of dealing with it, but he didn’t believe her magnanimous gesture was any more sincere than McKinley’s denial that she was jealous.
“There is nothing to renew,” he replied as patiently as he could. “Your sister has a vivid imagination and she made a lot more out of what happened between us than there really was. I’m sorry I never told you before, but now that you know , I think I need to explain a few things.”
“Don’t be silly,” she waved a dismissive hand in the air. “You don’t need to explain anything. I think I would
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