Chapter 53
DEMI
I’m not having this. It’s one thing to have Ashton in my room. He can figure out a way to save our necks but having my husband’s friend who is like a complete stranger step into my room at my birthday party is really suspicious. Because I know I can’t possibly push him out, I yank my door open and head for the elevator knowing he’ll follow me. He does just that.
"I don’t know what you think you’re doing but I won’t allow it." I punch the elevator button for the ground floor and step inside. "You want to talk? We’ll do it downstairs where everyone can see." William laughs softly as he joins me in the elevator.
"Are you afraid you still have feelings for me?"
Yuck. Why am I always surrounded by arrogant assholes?
"You wish."
"Fine, if you want me to blurt out to your husband, his brothers and anyone who cares to listen that you and I had a thing back in high school, be my guest. I was trying to save your face by being discreet." The elevator opens up and I tear my eyes away from William’s luscious beard that frames his angular face almost perfectly.
We grab drinks from a servant passing with a tray holding flutes of champagne. I cuss under my breath when I stare at my glass. The last thing I want to be is drunk at my party with my ex right next to me.
"We didn’t have a thing, William. It was a fake relationship, like the others you were used to having."
"You and I both know that isn’t true. I dated the other girls for a week after selecting their names from a spinning wheel. You and I dated for six months. Yours was the first real relationship I ever had even though I can’t say the same for you." I stare at him, shocked at his raw admission while he glugs down his champagne. He grabs another from one of the servants and peers deeply into my eyes.
"Are you shocked? Yes, I am not ashamed to admit that I fell hard for you along the line. I actually thought your feelings for me were real and I stupidly tried to change myself to be deserving of you only to realize that you were playing me the whole time. You used me as target practice for your schemes, right? All that talk about dating a rich snob like me in order to acquaint yourself with the life? Then when you got what you wanted, you jilted me."