“Are you alright?”
My head snapped up to see Wes standing in front of me. “Uh, yeah, I’m—I’m fine,” I answered. “Why?”
He shrugged. “I don’t know. You just seem like something is on your mind.”
I stared at him, contemplating for a moment. “No,” I lied.
“Alright.” He nodded, eyeing me skeptically for another heartbeat. “Well…goodnight, I guess.”
I held his gaze until he turned, and with each step he took away from me, my heart thumped harder as my mind waged that internal battle. “Wes, wait!” I called out as I shot up from the fountain. He turned back to look at me, and I hesitated for a moment. “I—I need to tell you something…”
I couldn’tnottell him.
He walked back toward me, dipping his hands into his pockets. “What is it?”
I closed my eyes for a moment. “At the club, when I stepped outside to get some air…” I looked at him again. “I—I saw…” I trailed off, finding this truth much harder to say out loud than I thought it would be.
His brow dipped in concern. “Saw what?”
“I-I saw…” I sighed. “I saw Loralei…kissing Chad. And it was…pretty hot and heavy.”
I stared up at him, and his expression remained inscrutable for a long moment before he barked out a laugh. “Chainz? Really?” He scrubbed a hand down his face with a wry chuckle before wagging his finger at me. “That—you almost had me.”
My brows knit in confusion. “Why are youlaughing? And what the hell do you mean I almost had you?”
Wes shook his head. “I’m laughing because you said you wouldn’t do this anymore.”
“Dowhat?”
“The whole sabotage thing!” he chided. “We called a truce, remember?”
I scoffed in disbelief. “That isnotwhat’s happening here,” I countered. “I’m not telling you this in an attempt to sabotage. I’m telling you because it’s thetruth. And based on what I heard them say, this wasn’t the first time something happened between them.”
“Morgan…” He trailed off, shaking his head.
My brows rose in surprise. He didn’t believe me. He really thought I was just trying to mess with him.
“After hearing this…do you really think it’s a coincidence that they happened to leave at thesame timetonight?” A derisive laugh escaped me. “And if Ireallywanted to sabotage your relationship even after we called a truce, why would I have spent the last three monthsavoidingyou?”
He furrowed his brow. “So youhavebeen avoiding me.” It wasn’t a question but a statement. And when I didn’t respond, he let out an annoyed breath. “Why?”
“Why do youthinkI stopped coming around, Wes?”
I watched him blink in surprise as he took in my words, which came out before I could think better of it. But I wondered if he truly grasped what they meant…what I was confessing without actually saying the words out loud.
But he didn’t respond. He saidnothing. Not about what I told him I saw, and not about what I just said.
I shook my head at his silence. “You know what? Forget it. I told you what I saw. I did my part. Believe me or don’t, I don’t care.”
With that, I brushed by him and left him standing there as I disappeared into the hotel.
Chapter 51
I walkedthrough the hotel lobby, stewing. When Morgan walked away, I didn’t go after her. I could do nothing but stand there and watch her vanish inside.
When I stepped out of the elevator and started toward my room, my gaze fell on Chad’s door.
Despite having accused Morgan of breaking our truce and playing our old game, deep down, I knew she wouldn’t lie about that for the sake of sabotage. Our game had been outlandish at times, yes, but it wasfun. It was never meant to cause any true harm.
