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Trihn stood frozen in disbelief. She wanted to bolt. Every fiber of her being screamed at her to kick it into high gear and get the f**k away from this moment. She had been here before. Between Preston and Neal, she’d had her fair share of cheating boyfriends. With a girl like that hanging on Damon so casually, it couldn’t possibly be innocent. This was the exact reason she had been taking things slow. Nice guys didn’t exist.
“What’s this?” she demanded, her voice rising an octave.
Her breath was uneven, and her hands were shaking. She felt tears welling up and tried to stop them from spilling by taking a shuddering deep breath.
Even if she and Damon weren’t officially together, she hadn’t expected this. They had been moving in the right direction, and it had suddenly come to a scre
