Chapter 49

ELLIE

How dare he? I was sizzling in anger as I recalled how Aiden had called Troy a player like he was a saint himself. He was far more guilty of the crime he was accusing him of, and I believed I had been one of his victims.

My mind was buzzing with streams of thoughts that kept coming one after the other, even as I was watching Troy on the field.

“Are you alright, Ellie?” Jasmine noticed I was acting a bit off and was staring at me with a look of concern on her face while she spoke. “You seem a bit upset.”

“Nah… I'm good…” I lied, even though I knew I was far from okay with all the thoughts that went buzzing through my head.

Aiden's words had me seeing Troy in a different light even though I had reassured myself they hadn't gotten to me when he said them. I had been thinking of what Troy's past could have looked like and all the people he could have fallen in love with.

He was too good not to be a playboy. There were a lot of questions I wanted to ask, but I just couldn't get