Chapter 20

Avery’s pov Kyan pushes off the wall, and the tension in his jaw told me he was. grounding his teeth. I looked at him nervously.

I had never seen Kyan so angry before. Seeing this opposite side of him made me feel anxious. “Kyan-

I started but he cut me off cruelly. “How long have you been f*cking him?”

I flinched, my throat running dry. I looked around, there were a few people in the hallway, half looking drunk but some look sober enough to listen on. I shrink.

“What?” I whisper, bringing my eyes back to Kyan whose eyes shade. darker with anger. I stumble back when he advances, lifting his phone and shaking it aggressively in my face.

“I couldn’t find you so I tracked you down,” he spat, shoulders rising and falling as he shook with fury. I press my back to the wall, my heart racing.

His upper lips curl into a snarl when I do not respond. The thing is I am not sure how to respond. “Imagine my surprise when I can hear you two in there,” he spat those words out.

“I should have known you were f*cking him. A girl and a boy can’t be that close if you two haven’t done anything.”

I tore my eyes away as they filled with tears. I know that he had every 11:46)

20 right to embarrass me and call me names. I deserved them for cheating on him with my best friend.

I deserved worse actually.

Should I deny it? What good will that be when he had heard us? It was clear he waited here to catch us in the act too. Denying would make me look more of a fool. I press myself closer to the wall when he strangles my space.

“What? Cat got your tongue now you little slut?” He reaches out and fingers wrap around my wrist. He is so rough I cry out in pain and shock.

He ignores it and brings his head to mine, sneering. “How long Avery? How long have you been sleeping with him behind my back?”

“Once!” I confessed. “It happened once. The night of your-

I swallowed, unable to finish the words as I feel deep shame. I am awful. Kyan slams his fist on the wall beside my head making me squeal and shrink, my heart pounding in fear.

“Of f*cking course!” He roared. “I should have known. The signs were there. Your messed up hair and the way you walked. Had him use you pretty good huh.”

I flinched, tears now streaming down my ch*eks. He looked at me in disgust and let me go, shaking his head. “You don’t get to cry if you’re the victim in this. You two slept together behind my back. You’re the whore here.”

His lips curled back. “You let him use you like he does to every single girl,” with a shake of his head and a snort he takes a step back from “You know him better than anyone and you know that guy doesn’t settle with anyone. He clearly doesn’t regard you better since he used you like he does with every single girl. Another panty to wrap around his finger.”

His words made me flinch, a sob wrack through me because I know he was right. Kyan shook his head. “You two disgust me,” he turns around to leave then turned back around, eyes dark and furious on me. “So used.”

I flinched.

“If I were you I’d not keep my hopes up with him. You’ll just end up like the others. Used and discarded. Too bad, I really thought you had a good head on your shoulders Avery. Turns out you’re no different than the rest.” With those final bitter words Kyan whirls back around and storms away.

I looked around and everyone who was sober enough stared at me in disgust. My heart pangs and I swallowed, furiously wiping my tears.

away.

Don’t cry here Avery, you’ll just make yourself look foolish. Even more than you already do now.

With a shaky sigh, I pulled in air to relax me and straightened my spine, making sure I had no traces of tears on my face.

When I felt good enough, I made my way downstairs and out of the house. I saw Mel hunched over beside Xade’s car, gagging while he lazily held her from falling right on her face.

When he sees me his eyes light up but then he frowns. “Have you been crying?” He stiffened, eyes on my ch*eks. How could he tell? I made sure I wiped them off. Maybe my eyes were still red.

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I shrugged, not answering him as I walked around the hood and made my way to the passenger side. It was obvious I wouldn’t catch a ride. with Kyan now that we had broken up. So that left me with going with Xade even though I really didn’t want to be so close to him.

As I entered the car and buckled myself, Xade opens the back door and pushes Melissa in. She giggles and groans and he slams the door harshly behind her, going to the drivers side and entering.

When he’s fully in he turns to me, eyes on my face. “Who caused it V? Tell me so I can-

“So you can what? Make it worse?” I snorted sarcastically. “Take me home Xade, I don’t want to do this tonight.”

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