Listen, bro,’ the big blonde guy said, leaning in close. ‘Don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m probably gonna end up fucking your girlfriend tonight.’I laughed it off at first, clinking my soda can against his beer like it was some hilarious joke. Brett. That was his name. Tall, cocky, built like a linebacker, with a grin that made me want to punch him.He told me he and Gina had been messing around for years. That she always ended up cheating on her boyfriends with him. That it wasn’t personal.I played it cool and walked away, but the words stuck in my head like splinters.Back in the den, Gina kissed me sweetly and said she was going to the bathroom. Minutes passed. Too many.Her friend Sam, the redhead sitting beside me, confirmed everything I didn’t want to hear.“Brett was her first,” she said quietly. “Every time a guy gets close, she goes back to him. She’s addicted to that asshole.”My stomach dropped. I shot up from the couch and pushed through the crowded house, heart ha
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