“Of course you do. I bow down to the master.”
I can’t listen to this anymore. Turning around, I face Duncan, who is already buzzed.
“What in the fuck are you talking about?” I ask him.
“What’s it to you?” He crosses his arms, one ankle resting against the other knee.
Grabbing him by his shirt, I haul him up to me. “What in the fuck did you do to Piper?”
After hearing his words, I know he had something to do with it. For the first time since I’ve known him, Duncan doesn’t look cocky, but scared.
I can’t imagine the look on my face. It’s what happens when you fucking mess with me and the woman I love.
Because even though she dumped me, I still love Piper. More than I’ll ever love anyone else.
“Ava knew the truth about you two.”
Oh fuck.
“And?” I shake him.
“Thought that if Piper dumped you, I wouldn’t want her anymore and only want Ava. Not that I did. Want Piper.” His words are slurring together. “Which I told her after she threatened Piper at the All-Star Game.”
“Un-fucking-believable.”
“Look man, I sent her packing. That’s too much crazy for me.”
“Fuck off, Douche.” I push him away from me. “You’re fucking up everyone’s lives with your shit.”
“I’ve had enough of your shit.”
Duncan tries to throw a punch at me, but it glances off my jaw before Noah and Troy are jumping in.
“What the fuck, Duncan?”
As many times as I’ve wanted to punch this guy, I just don’t have it in me now. Because I know how disappointed Piper would be in me.
“Take him back to the hotel!” Troy shouts at Rio. “We can’t have this shit here.”
Thank God for the private room, otherwise who knows how many cameras would be aimed our way?
I sink down into a cushioned booth, holding my jaw. It’s tender, but thankfully not much else.
My heart is still the most battered thing inside me.
“You dumbass.” Noah stands over me, handing me abag of ice. “You just couldn’t punch him? Just once for all of us?”
I huff out a laugh, pressing the ice against my jaw. “I couldn’t bring myself to do it.”
“So all that shit he said…is it true?”
I shrug a shoulder. “It has to be, right? If Ava threatened Piper, it’s the only thing I can think that would make Piper dump me.”
“And why would she dump you to protect you?”
“Cassie concocted this whole plan to help my image with the press by having me date Piper.”
“It was fake?” Noah asks.
