Page 58 of The Publicity Stunt

"I was with Sasha last year, asshole. And everyone in this room should know I'm not a cheater. It's not who I am."

"Then why would you both disappear at the same time that night?" Rudy asks. "When she told me you hooked up in the bathroom, I knew it was true because you left and never came back. Just like her."

Brett holds a hand up. "Kace didn't leave the party with Amanda. Tiffany Hanson threw up all over him after Sasha got mad that they hadn't left yet. Tiffany did a keg stand, and when they set her upright, she upchucked everything she'd eaten for the last week onto Kace."

"I didn't even know Amanda was at the party, Rudy. Probably because I NEVER FUCKING MET HER!" Kace shouts.

Rudy shakes his head. "No, you're just sticking up for him because you feel guilty his little plan didn't work out. Would you like me to call Amanda and ask her? You can hear her call your ass out?"

"Please do. She can tell you we never met. And I can tell you for a fact I never fucked her," he growls.

Holding the phone to his ear, Rudy's hand shakes as his nostrils flare. "Amanda?"

"Put it on speaker," Brett says.

He does and sighs. "Rudy Marshall."

"Oh... hey, Rudy. What's up?"

"I'm here with Kace and Brett, and we need you to clear something up for us."

"Me? What can I clear up?"

Rudy wears a triumphant smirk. "You told me you broke up with me because you couldn't handle the guilt from sleeping with my best friend."

"Who was your best friend?" Amanda asks.

"Kace Lyons."

"Oh, yeah."

Kace glares at the phone. "When the fuck did I sleep with you?"

"You didn't."

"What?" Rudy asks. "Wait, you said you slept with him at the party. In the men's bathroom."

"I lied."

Crossing his arms, Kace glares at Rudy. This all came about because Rudy believed Kace slept with someone he didn't even know. Great. Just great.

"I told you I didn't fuck her. I'm not a cheater, and I'm also not a backstabbing asshole like you are."

"Why would you say you slept with Kace if you didn't?" Brett asks. "You realize how fucked up that is, right?"

"Because I didn't want to see Rudy anymore."

Kace snorts, and Rudy stares at the phone in shock. "Then why didn't you just tell me that?"

"Because you kept telling me how in love with me you were, and it became harder and harder to find a way to break up with you. You kind of seemed like the guy who'd say no and keep calling when I said I wanted to see other people."

Brett looks at Kace and whispers, "This chick is bananas."

"Great, now I have Gwen Stefani's song stuck in my head," Kace says.

"So, you never cheated?" Rudy asks.

"Oh, I totally cheated. It just wasn't with Kace. I figured the guy I slept with wouldn't be enough to unhook the claws you had into me, so I picked one of your friends. I planned to choose Brett as the guy I screwed around with, but we all saw him banging that redhead in the hallway. You would’ve known it was a lie."

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