He tried to grab my arms, but I ripped out of his grasp.
“Is that why you won’t tell me you love me? Because you love her?”
He rubbed his face, turmoil radiating off of him.
“Sophie, I told you from the beginning I don’t know what love is, and that hasn’t changed.”
“That’s your excuse for running around on me?”
“It’s not an excuse—it’s the truth.”
“Then why did we keep this going between us if you were just going to cheat on me? I haven’t been with anyone but you!”
He growled at the mere mention of me fucking someone else.
“You’re all I know, and I thought…” Tears welled in my eyes. “I thought you loved me too.”
“Soph, you know I’m crazy about you.”
“Not crazy enough to be faithful though? How do you know her? How long has this been going on?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“It does to me!” Unable to hold back my fury, I spoke with conviction, “I hate you! Do you hear me? I hate you!”
He frowned, feeling the sting of my declaration.
“I never want to speak to you again! I never want to see you! I just want to forget you ever existed!”
“You don’t mean that.”
“I’ve never meant anything more in all my life!”
He reached for my face. “Please don’t do this.”
I backed away from him. “I didn’t do this. You did.”
His eyes rimmed with tears, and his hands fisted at his sides.
Glaring at him with disgust, I spewed the only thing left for me to say to him…
* * *
“My mother was right about you. I should have listened.”
TWENTY-FIVE
SOPHIE
NOW
“Are you fucking kidding me?!” I seethed, spitting fire. “After all this time, you’re still cheating on me with her?! Even after what I told you last night?! How long has this been going on that she’s still around?!”
Jax stood with his hands in the air in a surrendering gesture.
“You need to calm down.”
“Calm down? I can’t believe you’re telling me to calm down again! There”—I grabbed the first thing I could, a vase, and chucked it at his head—“how’s that for calm!”