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Bree was still asking for my room as I stood up quickly "Whatever, Bree, I’ll leave it unlocked"

I stalked back toward the house, and Brad stopped me with a hand to my chest, "Bro, you should really think about what this could do to you and Brandon before you go startin’ shit"

I shrugged off his hand and gave hilare "Maybe you should shut the fuck up andelse I went intoin the shower and getting ready for work I hopped in hborhood before I saw her I had to do a double take, but I’d know that girl anywhere I rolled down myand slowed as I came up next to her and studied her hunched-over posture "Harper?"

She didn’t look up and didn’t stop walking What the hell was she doing? Why was she out here?

I threwthe front and going right to her "Harper what are you--are you crying? What’s wrong?"

She sniffed and wiped at her face roughly as she tried to walk around me "Please leave me alone"

Hell no! "What happened?" Who the hell made her cry? Because I sure as shit didn’t; and why is she alone? I grabbed her ar sure that I would not be able to bruise her again, and hunched do to try to look in her eyes; she just turned her head away My hands started to flex, and I forced the to kill hi happened, Chase, so just let o"

"Like hell You’re crying and walking through a dark neighborhood Talk to me"

"Why are you even out here?"

I wanted to ask her the sa in to work Now tell me what he did"

"Don’t act like you don’t know You tried to warn noring the call, she shoved it back in her pocket

"Princess, I pro about, but I’ll kill hio of her ar her closer to me, and with the other I tilted her chin up so I could look into her heartbroken gray eyes Oh my God, Harper, what did he do to you?

A short cry escaped her, and her body relaxed into ainst ot you TellI can to make this better for you" I ran htened ain

"Can you take o there?"

She nodded against ht I was in love with her I wanted her in my arms forever, I wanted to take care of her when she was sick, hold her when she was upset, and kiss her senseless during the happy tio It was not the tiuy, and I didn’t want to be the rebound

" ’Kay, get in the truck, Princess" I helped her into the passenger seat and saw her body go rigid when her phone rang again as I got into the driver’s seat "Is that hi to answer it this time?"

"Nope"

I scooted across the seat, cupped her face in my hands, and wiped away the last of her tears "Tellher phone rang again, and she answered it this tilad not to be on the receiving end of that No more cute fierce looks; she looked like she could kill so toward the doraain and shook her head quickly "Please stop calling me, Brandon"--"Why don’t you ask Amanda? I’m sure she’d be more than happy to show you why I left" Not two seconds later, she ended the call and held the power button until she could turn her phone off

Amanda? Who the hell is A over and grabbing her hand Thank God she didn’t reirl he’s sleeping with Bree and I saw her on Monday with hiuys"

Uh, I’d have known if Brandon were cheating on Harper Even with avoiding the house "Why do you think he’s cheating on you?"

"I was getting back into look, but I swear it went off like fifty times--okay not really fifty, but a few It just seemed like a lot--whatever! So, anyway, I just leaned over to see who they were from, and there was a picture of this chick’s shaved vaj!" My eyebrows shot up, but I didn’t interrupt her "So I opened his texts, and there was another picture of her boobs and her face, and she was saying things like, ‘I can’t wait ’til toain’ I feel so stupid"

"You shouldn’t" Oh et her away from Brandon, but if she was this upset over the possibility of his cheating, I kneouldn’t be able to be et over Brandon on her own another way, then co "I can’t believe I’, Harper"