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“What did he say, sweetheart?” Wes asked, breaking my gaze on Andy.
“He apologized for being an asshole to me all these years.”
?
Wes let out a bellowing laugh, so loud that he bent over, clutching his stomach. I couldn’t help but smile. I’d only seen Wes laugh like that a handful of times, and the fact that I was the cause of it right now made me smile even more.
He is so attractive when he laughs, but damn, he’s hot when he laughs like that!
“Yeah, that’s Wes. What did you say to her? If it’s something sexual, I don’t want to know! B-“
I watched as a grin crept up on Andy’s face while she listened to Knox on the phone. I was trying to take in the whole situation, going back and forth between her and Wes.
He just apologized to me… twice… within minutes of each other? He must be concussed. Yeah, that’s it!
“Oh my g?? Knox, you don’t… wait! Are you??hold up, no, I’m going to ask you the next time I see you!… you’ll see when I see you!
Yeah, I’ll hand her back over.”
After listening to Wes’s laughter and Andy’s chat, she handed the phone back to me, smiling like she knew something I didn’t. Was I missing something here?
“Knox? Are you alright?” I asked cautiously.
“Haha, yes, I am, baby doll. Are you?”
“Uh, yeah, I suppose? So why did you call me?”
“Honestly, I wanted to know when you fly into New York, and to hear… from you? See how you’re doing?” He was hesitating. I didn’t like when he hesitated. Nothing good ever came out of him hesitating. Nothing!
“Okay…? I’ll be leaving tomorrow at seven a.m. with Wes, and we’ll land at four p.m. Kyle’s picking me up, and I’ll head home. I’m good, Knox. I’m not going to lie, it’s pretty weird that you’re asking me how I’m doing.” He chuckled at my honesty.
“I’ll see you at the airport, baby doll! I know, I can tell by your voice! I wasn’t that mean to you, was I?”
He was walking on eggshells with me right now, but he was also poking fun at what we were like in high school.
“Yes, yes, you were that mean to me,” I deadpanned. He laughed again, and there was a moment of silence. It wasn’t awkward, though. It was making me smile a little.
The silences had become more comfortable between us since Savannah. Who’d have thought that Knox and I would actually not try to kill each other these past few weeks?
“Will you ever forgive me, baby doll?” His dramatic tone caught me off guard when he finally spoke, and I snorted, a smile playing on my lips.
Forgetting where I was, Andy poked me out of my own little bubble.
“First you want my kisses back, now you’re asking for forgiveness. You’re asking a lot of me, Knox,” I teased him.
“Well, I guess that’s another challenge for me then! Challenge accepted. Shit! I gotta go, baby doll! See you tomorrow! Love youuuuuu,” he serenaded.
“Stop saying that! Bye!” He needed to cut that habit out. What if he said it in public and people heard, or the press heard him?
We’d both be screwed, that’s what!
“He’s so annoying.” I groaned to Andy and Wes. I put my phone back into my pocket, and we made our way towards the apartment. I was mid-sentence talking to Andy when I made eye contact with… Drew?
His hood was up, trying to hide his face. His eyes widened to the size of two saucers, and he looked over to my left, at Wes.
“Drew? What the hell happened? Are you alright?” He had a broken nose, a busted lip, two black eyes, and a bruised jaw. He averted his eyes to the ground, trying to pull his hood up over his face to cover it.
I grabbed his hand, and he looked back at me. “What happened?” I repeated softly. His eyes were pleading, and I felt so bad for him. Did he get into a fight?
He just stared at me, then looked behind me. He looked panicked and took my hand in his. I turned around to follow his gaze. Wes?
I snapped my head back to him. “Drew, please tell me what happened. I may not be with you, but I still care about you. Why did you look at Wes?” He looked back at me, tensing his jaw and gulping down hard.
“Alex, I’ll always love you. Please remember that. But you deserve better. I’m sorry for what I did to you… I’m sorry.” He let go of my hand and jogged away.
I turned to watch him, but all I saw was his retreating back. He glanced over his shoulder once before disappearing into the crowd. I stood there, utterly bewildered by what had just transpired.
I spun around to face Wes, certain he knew something. He was staring in the direction Drew had vanished.
As if sensing my gaze, he turned to look at me. His usually hard, dark eyes softened when they met mine. That’s when I knew something was definitely wrong.
Did Wes do something to Drew? I rushed over to him, grabbing his arms. “Wes! Tell me what happened. Now!” I demanded, my patience wearing thin.
He cupped my face with his hands, my own still gripping his biceps. Andy moved closer, trying to figure out if she could help in any way.
Wes looked straight into my eyes. “Nothing, sweetheart. I don’t know what happened to him.” He lied straight to my face.
I could feel my anger building, spreading like wildfire through my body.
“Wes! I’m not asking again! Either you tell me now or I’ll go find Drew myself!”
“Alex, let it go! Please.”
“NO, Wes! Tell me! NOW!”
He exhaled deeply, leaning forward to rest his forehead against mine, his eyes closed. Was it that bad? What had he done?
“Alex, I can’t tell you. So please, just drop it. It’s for your “
“Wes! I’m serious! What did you do?”
“We beat him up, Alex! There! Are you happy now? You weren’t supposed to see him. This wasn’t supposed to get out.” He backed away from me, throwing his hands up in defeat.
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