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"I didn’t want to say no in the restaurant and eet that now I can even appreciate it But in the moment, I just wanted to hurt you back So I said soy accepted And I’m sorry, too"

He reaches out and takes s turned out For everything" The guilt inside ret that things ended, rather than that I regret the way things ended "Let’s take a step back I want to be with you, Lucky I’ll wait till you’re ready"

He totally doesn’t get that I’ll never be ready to be with him I’ve shown this s have changed, Dylan I don’t want to go back or forward I’ Dylan Ryder is used to Shock registers on his face, then slowlyelse "It’s because of him, isn’t it? You really want to be with him?" He doesn’t hide the utter hatred in his voice

I nod "But I haven’t spoken to him since he left the tour Please don’t take it out on him and ruin his career because I fell in love"

"What?" he seethes

"I’-haired poser and you didn’t mean for it to happen?"

I nod, and don’t even attempt to try to tell him Flynn isn’t a poser

"So his dick just accidentally fell inside you?"

I have no idea if he knows for sure that we’ve been inti out and it doesn’t matter at this point I take it because I deserve it

"I trusted you I was going to make you e

I’ across the bar

Until I see the man who’s just walked in

Flynn

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Flynn

After rereading her text for the hundredth time today, I walk into Lucky’s with Nolan She’sstupid I know she loves her new job, but she’s talented--any record label would be an idiot not to hire her In fact, now that I’m in search of a new label for In Like Flynn, maybe we can set up a two-for-one deal

My newfound faraphs as I try tothe bar,in fro sense of relief just being in the same room as her But then I squint and the sadness in her face co past the wo to Lucky andher feel better

Which is probably why I don’t see the first punch coht

Lucky

It all happens so quickly One ry steps ahead ofto see, yet suddenly dread being here I watch the whole thing unravel, unable to stop it My screa froistersThe first punch lands square on his jaw, and I watch in horror as his head whips to the side fro to his face,deserve each other A whore who belongs on stage but doesn’t have the balls, and a wannabe who has more balls than talent"

"Say what you want about me, motherfucker" Flynn’s voice is eerily flat "I probably deserved that first punch But don’t talk about Lucky that way"