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Adrian sat at the bar at the Club with Ethan. Mitch had moved to a nearby table to flirt with one of the other members while he and Ethan drank, a lot. It was the only thing that kept him from remembering that look on Ellie’s face.
“I hurt her,” he mumbled into his beer. “I wanted to make her happy and instead I hurt her.”
“Not your fault. She’s the one judging you. It’s a bullshit excuse to not be with you. She could figure out a way. Hell, you gave her a way but nooo, she won’t do it.” Ethan tossed back his shot.
“Yeah.” Kind of. He’d spent a lot of time with Ethan lately and was used the other man mixing his own experience with Adrian’s. It didn’t matter. The two situations were close enough. “But I still hurt her. Her fault or not, she cried because of me.”
“I refuse to t
