Oh my god. Why would anyone want to cheat on him? I mean look at him. Why would she want to hurt him?
I shake my head as if I can’t believe it. I don’t want her to be the one.
Is she the reason he’s the way he is? Why he keeps women at arm’s length, and it’s just s*x and fun? Did having his first love savagely rip his heart open make him unable to trust women in his life? Keeping them all at a distance, the way I do with everyone else.
“Why did you start seeing her again?” It’s out before I can stop it.
Do I want to hear him tell me how he’s never got over her? No, I don’t.
He shrugs and gazes at me intensely.
“It’s complicated.”
When is it ever not?
“Stop saying that,” I wail, instantly on my feet and I’m angry.
Why?
Because he’s my Jake. Not hers. I want him to want me, and onl
