Her thought process circled around, "Could this man really be so self-absorbed that he and his brother both think I'm after him?"
Finally, she threw her hands up in a gesture of surrender. "Fine, I'll go to the party with you. Satisfied now? Why can't you trust me? How many times do I need to clarify that I'm not interested in you?"
Oddly, Julia's attempts to elucidate only seemed to anger Jared more.
Frustration welling up within her, she resigned herself with a helpless shrug. Inwardly, she mused, 'I should've never started explaining. It was true that what they say—explanations might be construed as excuses, and excuses marked the beginning of
misunderstanding
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