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away, Paige.” Ace’s voice was muffled under the layers of blankets that he’d cocooned himself in.
Paige shot me an, ‘I can’t freakin’ believe you’ look and stormed over to rip the covers from my bed. When she saw Ace fully clothed, she sighed deeply and turned to look at me. “I didn’t believe it when Mark called me and said Ace brought you home, but didn’t show back up at the cabin. Care to explain why you have one of the Sexy Six in your bed?”
Ace sat up, snatched the covers, and rolled over on his side. “Go yell at someone else. It’s been a helluva night, and I don’t wanna hear it.”
“Shut up, Ace! You have no right to go all assholish on me. I’ve been worried sick about her all night!”
Ace sat up and ran his hand down his face. He looked over at me, and I watched as his eyes raked me from head to toe. Paige blew out a breath that said she was about to start in again.
Ace held himself upright on one arm and scowled at Paige. “You’ve been worried? Were you here when she had the mother of all panic attacks? Did you have to calm her down? Did you sit up with her all night when she flipped her shit and cried for half the night?”
I hadn’t done that. Had I? I pulled on Ace’s arm until he looked down at me. “What happened?”
“The meds Eli gave you kicked in, and you kinda flipped out about everything.” His eyes closed and then he sighed deeply when Paige continued yelling.
“Well, excuse me, Mr. I’m-not-in-the-mood! How the hell was I supposed to know what happened? You answered your phone once when Mark called you and you told him to fuck off and leave you alone, that you’d call them in the morning. What were they supposed to think? What was I supposed to think when Mark called me, freaking the hell out, because you didn’t answer the phone again and Riley’s went right to voice mail?”
My eyes bounced between them, not sure what to even think about the argument they were caught in.
“Mark wanted to know if you’d brought her into the ER when he called me. Do you even know what was running through my mind at that point? You’re a real jackass, Ace. And FYI? You’re not the only one who cares about her.”
Paige crossed her arms and glared at him.
A low rumble came from Ace, like a sinister laugh, and I knew he’d geared up to give her hell. He’d say something he could never take back and the rest of our circle of friendship would burn to the ground if he unleashed the words brewing in his head.
I turned and put my hand on his arm. His eyes snapped to mine, and I flinched at the anger I saw there. “Please, just don’t say anything else.”
He sighed, shoved himself up, and came around me on the mattress. Stopping in front of me, he blinked slowly, as if to clear the anger from his face while he looked at me. “I’ll be downstairs if you need me.”
He pushed off the bed and stalked past Paige. She turned to watch him leave. As soon as she heard his footsteps on the stairs, she spun on me. “What the hell is going on, Riley?”
I crisscrossed my legs and put my head in my hands. How could I explain it to Paige? If I told her what happened the night before, it would break the trust of the Six. If I didn’t tell her, it would make her angry with me. I had to find some sort of middle ground.
“Please tell me you didn’t sleep with Ace.” She crossed the room and sat down on the bed beside me. Her hands gripped the side of the mattress, and she waited for me to explain.
I rolled my eyes at her. “Of course I slept with Ace. You just saw it for yourself when you pulled the covers off him in my bed.”
She slapped my knee. “You know what I meant, Riley.”
“Yeah, I know, but would it really make a difference either way if I had slept with him in the way you’re implying?” I was tired of caring what others thought. Who cared if I decided to sleep with Ace? I was an adult, making adult decisions. It was my body, my life, and if I decided
Paige shot me an, ‘I can’t freakin’ believe you’ look and stormed over to rip the covers from my bed. When she saw Ace fully clothed, she sighed deeply and turned to look at me. “I didn’t believe it when Mark called me and said Ace brought you home, but didn’t show back up at the cabin. Care to explain why you have one of the Sexy Six in your bed?”
Ace sat up, snatched the covers, and rolled over on his side. “Go yell at someone else. It’s been a helluva night, and I don’t wanna hear it.”
“Shut up, Ace! You have no right to go all assholish on me. I’ve been worried sick about her all night!”
Ace sat up and ran his hand down his face. He looked over at me, and I watched as his eyes raked me from head to toe. Paige blew out a breath that said she was about to start in again.
Ace held himself upright on one arm and scowled at Paige. “You’ve been worried? Were you here when she had the mother of all panic attacks? Did you have to calm her down? Did you sit up with her all night when she flipped her shit and cried for half the night?”
I hadn’t done that. Had I? I pulled on Ace’s arm until he looked down at me. “What happened?”
“The meds Eli gave you kicked in, and you kinda flipped out about everything.” His eyes closed and then he sighed deeply when Paige continued yelling.
“Well, excuse me, Mr. I’m-not-in-the-mood! How the hell was I supposed to know what happened? You answered your phone once when Mark called you and you told him to fuck off and leave you alone, that you’d call them in the morning. What were they supposed to think? What was I supposed to think when Mark called me, freaking the hell out, because you didn’t answer the phone again and Riley’s went right to voice mail?”
My eyes bounced between them, not sure what to even think about the argument they were caught in.
“Mark wanted to know if you’d brought her into the ER when he called me. Do you even know what was running through my mind at that point? You’re a real jackass, Ace. And FYI? You’re not the only one who cares about her.”
Paige crossed her arms and glared at him.
A low rumble came from Ace, like a sinister laugh, and I knew he’d geared up to give her hell. He’d say something he could never take back and the rest of our circle of friendship would burn to the ground if he unleashed the words brewing in his head.
I turned and put my hand on his arm. His eyes snapped to mine, and I flinched at the anger I saw there. “Please, just don’t say anything else.”
He sighed, shoved himself up, and came around me on the mattress. Stopping in front of me, he blinked slowly, as if to clear the anger from his face while he looked at me. “I’ll be downstairs if you need me.”
He pushed off the bed and stalked past Paige. She turned to watch him leave. As soon as she heard his footsteps on the stairs, she spun on me. “What the hell is going on, Riley?”
I crisscrossed my legs and put my head in my hands. How could I explain it to Paige? If I told her what happened the night before, it would break the trust of the Six. If I didn’t tell her, it would make her angry with me. I had to find some sort of middle ground.
“Please tell me you didn’t sleep with Ace.” She crossed the room and sat down on the bed beside me. Her hands gripped the side of the mattress, and she waited for me to explain.
I rolled my eyes at her. “Of course I slept with Ace. You just saw it for yourself when you pulled the covers off him in my bed.”
She slapped my knee. “You know what I meant, Riley.”
“Yeah, I know, but would it really make a difference either way if I had slept with him in the way you’re implying?” I was tired of caring what others thought. Who cared if I decided to sleep with Ace? I was an adult, making adult decisions. It was my body, my life, and if I decided
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