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I watch as he frowns, as the excitement in his eyes disappears.

Because of me.

“Okay,” he says calmly.

“Good night, Darren.”I say as I gather myself, and my broken parts.

And only when I have returned to the solace of my own sanctum, do I let go.

CHAPTER23

Dare

I really amthe worst boyfriend ever.

Though, I guess we’ve never really discussed our label, I checked the box for relationship preference as monogamous.

So that makes Matty my boyfriend, right?

I don’t want anyone but him, anyway.Not now, and probably not ever.Because even if he changed his mind tomorrow and ripped up our contract, I know I’ll never get over him.

His voice, his snarky attitude, the genius of his music, the way he can play me like a damn fiddle.

I hadn’tmeantto say the l word, but I can’t deny the truth, either.

I do love Mateo Starr.

And I may have just fucked everything up.Again.

I chew on my cheese pizza in between bouts of writing.A knock on my door alerts me, and for a moment, I think maybe he’s changed his mind.

That he’ll come storming back in here and he’ll tell me he loves me, too, and we can live happily ever after like in those Hallmark movies my mom’s obsessed with.

I all but run to the door, opening it to see it’s only Richie.

“Hey, everything okay?”he asks, and I can see he looks a little disheveled himself.His eyes are glassy and I realize he’s upset.

Shit.

“What happened?”I ask as I pull him into my room.

He puts on a good front, but I can see he’s clearly messed up.

And a little drunk.

“I fucked up,” he says.

“What, how?—”

“I might’ve told Hailee I loved her.”

“Fuck, is this shit genetic or something?”I breathe in exasperation as he attempts to sit on the bed.

The bed where Matty was just?—

“Don’t sit there,” I say, shaking my head.

“What, why?”he asks, then immediately his eyebrows shoot up.

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