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“And I don’t want you carrying any guilt about it,” she continued. “You can be whatever you want to him. His best friend. Whatever makes you both happy. But right now, he needs someone. He needs you.” “And what if I don’t know what I want to be to him anymore?” My voice shattered completely on the question. “Did that ever occur to you? That maybe I’m not okay either?” Her expression shifted, almost like she couldn’t believe I’d say that. Hint that I didn’t want Luca. But I did. Fuck, I-I didn’t know what I wanted. I mean how could I answer that when I couldn’t even explain to myself what the fuck was happening? It was bad enough that Luca was marrying my bully. But Kade was he fucking her too?? “Noah. If this is about moving on with Kade—” Moving on? Who said I was moving on? Who said I chose him? I hated hearing his name come out of her mouth right now. Hated it with my whole wrecked, shaking body. “I told you. He’s complicated. Stay away from him.” For one full seco

My lips trembled. “I just need to go.” I didn’t wait for anything else. I walked straight out, and the front door slammed behind me hard enough that I heard it rattle in its frame even from the driveway. For one second, silence settled. Then, from inside “Fuck.” Kade’s voice cut through the air sharply, aimed straight at his mother. “You’re going to regret this.” Then his voice trailed after me, the door slamming shut behind him. “Noah!” I kept moving, fumbling my keys in my hands, refusing to slow down for him. His footsteps came fast across the gravel. “Wait.” I yanked my car door open. “Kade, just—” “I need you to listen to me for one second.” I turned on him then, and everything I’d been holding since that bedroom door swung open finally found somewhere to go. “I found you with Rosalind.” My voice cracked wide open, ugly and raw, everything I’d been swallowing all morning. “I found you with your hands still half on her, straddling your lap like it was nothing new to e

“No.” She exhaled lightly. “You shouldn’t have.” My lips trembled, and I bit down on it, hard, like that might actually stop what was coming. “I was angry.” “I know.” “I thought you didn’t understand what he meant to me.” Her jaw tightened. “Luca?” I nodded, and that was the exact second the last of it gave out. Everything I’d been holding together since the driveway, since the wedding announcement, Catherine, since Kade’s face in that doorway — broke loose all at once, a sob tore out of me before I could brace for it. “I’m sorry.” My voice shattered completely. “I should’ve called you. I should’ve been here when you took your boards, I should have—” “Noah.” “I missed everything, Quinn. Because I couldn’t stop thinking about a man who’s never once thought about me the same way, and I let that cost me you too.” “Hey—” “And now he’s getting married.” It spilled out of me in pieces, ragged, more than I meant to say all at once. “And in three days. He’s actually marrying her.”

“No, not just go.” Her voice softened, the sarcasm dropping away for a second. “If you’re going because some part of you is still hoping he’ll change his mind at the altar, don’t. That’s a fairy tale, baby. you’re smarter than that. But if you’re going because you need to actually watch it happen — watch him choose somebody else in real time, so you can finally stop rewriting the ending in your head, then go for yourself. Not for him.”My throat tightened. “Okay.” “Call me tomorrow. I have to go now.” “I will.” “And Noah?” “Yeah?” “Don’t forget you had an entire life before that boy walked into it.” Then the line went dead before I could answer. I didn’t even get the chance to tell her I was with Quinn. I set the phone down slowly, staring at the blank screen. “That was pretty straight to the point,” Quinn said. “She always does that.” Neither of us spoke for a moment. The only sound was Micah’s small, even breathing between us and the soft rustle of Quinn refolding a shi

"She's my best friend." I said it flatly. "And she's going to be at the wedding. That's non-negotiable." Her eyes narrowed. She hated losing. I knew that about her, from the moment we met at that charity gala where she'd sized me up and decided she wanted me. Rosalind Henderson always got what she wanted. And what she wanted most was in front of her with my cum still drying on her thighs. "Fine." She flipped her hair over her shoulder, the blonde strands catching the light. “But I hope once we're married, you're done with all this Noah crap. We're building a future, Luca. Our future. Your career is only going to get better once my father makes those calls." She pushed up against me closer, pressing her naked body against mine, tilting her head up to look at me. Her palm flattened on my chest, right over my heart. "We'll have kids. A house in the Hamptons. Everything you've ever wanted." Her voice softened into something almost tender. "Isn't that what you want?" My