Seeing it hurt me in ways I couldn’t have imagined before.

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He’d kissed me in the hallway. He’d almost kissed me in self–defense practice.

I hadn’t considered he would be kissing other people too.

“Piper…” he said again, softer.

I couldn’t even bear to look at him. I turned my shoulder to him and dropped my gaze to the floor.”

Please go clean up. Then we can talk.”

He was rarely uncertain, but he shifted awkwardly on his feet now. “Very well. I’ll be right back.” He

turned toward the door, and I did not look up again until he had walked through it.

Both Mark and Charlotte were looking at me. I felt judged.

Charlotte glanced away but Mark didn’t. He didn’t say anything, didn’t even hold an expression, but I

his disapproval radiating off of

heart, I

whoever he had been doing it with, he had dropped all of

I was okay. In order of his priorities, I ranked

knew, maybe better than anyone, the amount of pressure he was under to find

had been unkind

handkerchief?”

and then produced a soft blue folded bit of fabric. I accepted

me a moment,” I said, and rushed out the door.

steps down the hallway,

sleeve, “Damn it all,” he cursed.

as I approached

voice, and quickly turned. His eyes

gently, I reached up with the handkerchief and wiped away the remaining smudges of lipstick

lips and chin

still as I

lowered my hand. “I’m sorry,” I said. “It’s not my place to keep you from the other girls. But

His voice was monotone. His face, impassive.

deny it out of sheer

keep you for myself, when we both know we can’t be

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