He hadn’t come alone. I didn’t blame him, but it stung. I’d been both looking forward to and dreading alone time with him, and he had no intentions of actually doing that.
“Don’t talk to her that way,” Donovan growled. “You insisted on coming even when I told you I didn’t want you to.”
“Because I figured it had something to do with her.” Axel sounded hurt, but he focused all that energy on me. “Haven’t you done enough?”
I deserved the hate. “I’m done hurting him.” The words had left my lips before I could tamp them down.
Hope sprung into Donovan’s eyes.
“Oh, because that makes it all better.” Axel spat on the ground. “Now you want him? Or just for tonight.”
“Leave her alone.” Donovan faced his friend. “I get that we’ve been the only stable relationship in each other’s lives, and she
