Lust Thy Neighbor
“Scrubbing her hands up and down her face, she assured herself that she didn't do anything wrong and then the little voice in the back of her head mockingly reminded her that maybe she hadn’t—at least not before she lied.
She twisted back around to look at Henry who was busy fiddling with the label on his beer bottle.
"Why are you here?" This time there was no kindness in her voice, only irritation, and his denim blue eyes widened in surprise.
"Can't a guy visit a friend?" "Without any warning? Without that friend even knowing he has her address? And when she asked you to leave her alone?” Her volume increased with every word until she was yelling. “Your sense of entitlement makes me want to rip my hair out.”
She saw his Adam’s apple bob when he swallowed hard. "You're right. I'm sorry." "Don't apologize, just tell me why you're here." "Nat and I broke up." "Okay.”
"I think our engagement just ended,” he repeated as if she hadn't heard him clearly the first time. She had.
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