“Shut the hell up, Brian,” she yelled at him. “You don’t know what the f**k you’re talking about. You don’t even know me.”
“I know you better than you think,” he yelled back. “I know that you are throwing your life away on a prick like Nathan. He can never give you everything you need.”
“And you think you can?” she asked.
“I know I’d be a damned sight better choice than him,” he growled. “At least I’d be faithful to you, at least I wouldn’t f*****g marry someone else and try to keep you on the side.”
The crack of her palm hitting his cheek broke the tension. She gasped and covered her mouth with her hands before stumbling towards the door. She wrenched it open and ran into the hall. His cheek burned and he stood there, stunned until the door slammed shut. The noise spurred him into act
