MATTEO
I came to a stop in front of my office door, Trey’s broad frame squarely blocking the entrance. He stood with his arms folded, expression set— like a man who had been rehearsing this moment for hours.
I raised a brow at him.
“We really underestimated just how unbothered you could be,” he said.
I tucked a hand into my pocket, reining in my temper. I’d had the best weekend I could remember in a long time, and I wasn’t about to let anyone drag me out of it.
“I can’t believe you didn’t show,” Trey pressed on. “Not after the way everyone appealed to you. Don’t you feel anything—not being there for your sister on the happiest day of her life? Strangers showed up to honor her. Strangers. And you couldn’t?”
“Remind me never to get on your bad side,” He said flatly. “Your grudges run d
