“You already know how I feel,” he whispered back.
“Well, she doesn’t. Maybe tell her.” I clapped him on the shoulder and made to leave, but he called out to me.
“Fox?”
I closed my eyes, my back to him.
“I-I’m still trying to figure shit out. With you and me. I-I want to love you. I’m just…”
“I get it,” I said, looking at him from over my shoulder. “If it’s meant to be, it’ll be. Just sort things with Ro. I’ll talk to the guys.”
He nodded, his Adam’s apple bobbing, before I left the room.
It still felt like everything was fucked.
But I had faith.
33
ROSALIE
Ilooked up from my booth to see Enzo staring at me.
Confused, I got to my feet and stumbled out, my heart in my throat. My initial thought was that something happened to Cole.
“Cole?” I called out, fear drenching me.
“Cole is fine,” Enzo said as I stopped in front of him and stared into his dark eyes.
“What’s wrong? Why are you here if he’s OK?” I knew he’d gotten a lap dance. I knew he’d… cheated. He had completely stopped speaking to me a few days ago. Before, he’d at least give me half-assed answers.
“I came to talk to you.”
I frowned. “OK.”
“Can we sit?”
I nodded and led him over to my couch. We sat, and I turned to face him.
“Rosalie, I fucked up,” he started.
I said nothing as I waited for him to continue.
“I’m the reason Cole isn’t speaking to you.”
“OK,” I murmured.
“He came home after he was here. He was so happy. I hadn’t seen him that way in a long time. In fact, it had been so long that I wasn’t even sure if his happiness ever existed before you and Ellis.”
I swallowed but didn’t interrupt him.
“We had a few drinks, and he started talking about what it was like to be with you again. How he was with you and Anson. The three of you.”
My cheeks heated at his words, and I looked at my hands folded together in my lap.
“I got jealous,” he mumbled. “It was wrong of me because all I want in this world is for my brothers to be happy, but I guess I didn’t realize it would affect me the way it did. I drank too much. Stormed away. Later that night, I went to his bedroom. He was asleep. I took his phone and saw he’d fallen asleep talking to you. He’d gotten a lot of baby clothes online too. I realized he was going to leave us for you. I wanted that. I want you to know that I want that. I believe he does belong with you and Ellis. But I had a moment, and that moment hurt a lot of people.”
“What happened?” I asked, looking at him. My heart beat uncomfortably in my chest.
