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"What did Emily say to you?" Elena asked quietly. It was taking everything in her not to march up to him and shake the answer out of him.

"I can see it." Chandler said,

Elena's head tilted at his strange answer. She felt like a fish that had been plopped unceremoniously out of its bowl. It was hard to breathe because she had no concept of how to navigate this. "See what?"

He exhaled slowly, finally turning to face her. "You and Elijah."

Her stomach was now the thing giving her all the ominous feels because it turned dangerously. What the hell did her sister say to him? "Elijah and I," she repeated quietly. "Chandler... I—" Denial trapped in her throat. Nothing else came up. Because she couldn't lie.

And he saw that on her face.

He nodded. "You'd look great together. And it's probably really fucking stupid on my end that I never even considered that you were into him."

"I don't want Elijah," she argued. Carefully, she approached him with her hands held up. Don't spook him, Elena, beca