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Quinn is looking at me, and I just shake my head at her.
We’ve become good friends and she can read me. She knows I’m
close to breaking, even if she doesn’t know why.
    Alex makes her choice
when she flirts with a guy at the table next to us after we order. Blatantly flirts with
him. Even her family is looking at her like she’s crazy. When she
lets him rub her arm, I’m done.
    “Excuse me, but I
seem to have lost my appetite. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your
trip.”
    “Miles.”
    “Quinn.”
    We have a staring
contest for a minute until Alex starts giggling at something Mr.
Preppy says. Quinn closes her eyes and nods. She knows that it’s
over. I pull Alex’s last present out of my pocket and place it next
to her plate.
    “Happy Birthday,
Xandy.”
    She doesn’t even
glance at me, but the asshole does. He smirks at me. Fucking smirks.
She reaches out to touch his face. It’s definitely over. I need to
get my stuff from the room and go to one of the clubs. Do what I
know. What I’m good at.
    I’m making my way
through the crowd outside the restaurant when I hear Ryan calling my
name. I stop and move off the walkway, because I know he’ll catch
me anyway.
    “What the fuck was
going on back there?”
    “You’ll need to ask
your niece.”
    “I’m asking you.”
    “Fine. I saw her in
that dress and got jealous that she was going to wear it for some
other guy since she didn’t know I was coming here. She told me she
had the concierge get it today to surprise me. I apologized for
acting like a jealous asshole, and she told me she was going to find
someone else to fuck. I told her she needed to be sure about what she
was doing. You saw what just went on. She made her choice, and now
I’ve made mine.”
    “Jesus. I know she’s
grown up, but I never expected anything like that from her. She
doesn’t play games.”
    “Neither do I, Ryan.
I love her, but I won’t let her treat me that way.”
    “I understand, man. I
wouldn’t put up with that shit, either. I’m guessing you’re
headed back for your stuff.”
    “Yeah.”
    “And then?”
    “Honestly, I’m
heading out to look for a stiff drink and an easy lay.”
    “I’m that easy to
replace?”
    Neither one of us saw
her approach, but Alex is there behind him. She looks more hurt than
angry, but I’m not the one who needs to apologize. Before I can
tell her that, Ryan does it for me.
    “What just went down
in that restaurant is bullshit, Alex.”
    “This is none of your
business, Uncle Ryan.”
    “Maybe not, but I’ll
tell you something. If Chloe ever did that to me, I’d be getting
drunk and laid, too. And I’d have to think long and hard about
whether I could take her back, if she asked me to. You say you’re
grown up, but you just acted like some spoiled little girl who didn’t
get to play with her favorite toy. You’re better than that. Maybe
losing the guy you say you love will teach you that.”
    “We’re not the two
of you. And we’re not broken up. That was just me being stupid,
I’ll admit that, but it wasn’t as bad as you said.”
    He just shakes his head
at her and then reaches out a hand to me. “Good luck, man. I hope
we can be friends. I really do like you.”
    “I’ll call you when
you get back to town.”
    Ryan nods at me before
walking back towards the restaurant. Alex looks panicked now. I think
she just realized that we did indeed break up. I put my hands in my
pockets and just look at her.
    “Oh my God. We are broken up, aren’t we?”
    “I told you that you
needed to understand what you were doing. You did it anyway.”
    “I’m sorry Miles. I
didn’t think it was that bad. I swear.”
    “You let him touch
you. You touched him .”
    “I didn’t mean it.
I just…”
    “You just what?
Wanted to see if I’d fall at your feet and beg you to forgive me
for acting stupid? In private. After I’d already apologized?”
    “No. Yes. Maybe.”
    “Well, now you know.
I love you, Alex, but I won’t