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“Coming,” I reply, rubbing circles over the ache in my chest.
I didn’t think my heart could break a second time today, but Elijah’s fear that I’ll leave him for Liz rips me wide open.
Chapter Five
ELIJAH
“You’re shittin’me.”
I wished I was.
“Nope.”
“Like, nothing at all?”
“Yep.”
Julien tried to get me to run with him this morning, but I chose to sleep in. I had a crap night. Too much noise inside my head. As soon as he left, I texted Jessi, knowing she’d be up, getting ready for her morning shift at the coffee house.
Jessi’s sleep-deprived face takes up the entire screen. Her impression of a gaping wide-mouth bass would be funny if what we were talking about had any humor in it. It doesn’t.
She loops a strand of her newly dyed electric-blue hair behind her ear.
“Jesus, Elijah. That’s horrible. Poor Elizabeth.”
Shifting to sit up, I settle back into the pillows and wince when I accidentally whack my head on the headboard.
“You okay?”
I switch my phone to my other hand so I can soothe the soreness out.
“Yeah.”
“Not that. About…you know.”
Would I be the biggest asshole on the planet if I wasmostlyokay about my boyfriend’s-best friend-slash-first-love coming back? Short answer: yes. Liz almost died, for fuck’s sake.
Instead of verbalizing, I nod. She squints narrowed eyes at me.
There’s movement in the corner of the screen and then Pixie pops into view, holding a cup of coffee.
“Morning, sexy.”
Jessi takes the coffee she offers as well as the kiss. “Morning.”
“I was talking to Elijah.” Pixie winks at me in the camera. “Sorry to bust the convo, but my girl only has twenty to haul ass.”
Coffee sloshes over the lip of the mug as Jessi hands the phone to Pixie. “Shit! Got to go, babe. I’ll call you tonight. Love you.”
“Love you back,” I say as she dashes out of view.
A pink tank top flies across the room and lands on the bed, followed shortly after by the sound of running water.
Teething her lip ring, Pixie turns her head in the direction Jessi disappeared. “I’d love to chat, but I’ve got a girlfriend in the shower who needs an orgasm to start her day right.”
This girl has no filter.
“Don’t let me stop you.”
