Page 98 of How to Get Revenge on a Cheating Ex
When her eyes meet mine, I still, my arms outstretched awkwardly as I try to keep her upright while also maintaining eye contact.
Her gaze is still unfocused, but she’s serious.
“What do you mean?” Wariness hits me hard. “Toni? What happened?”
“I was just—” She interrupts herself with a hiccup. “I was just so mad at the things they were saying, and maybe I was still a little mad at you.” She gives me this desperate, pleading look as she shakes her head again. “I don’t know why I said it, Bailey. I really don’t know.”
Her voice is high and she’s dangerously close to tears.
My face feels tight as I try to control my expression, but my stomach is churning with dread. “What did you say, Toni?”
She sniffs. “I told Jessica that you and Zack were faking it.” She presses her lips together with a pathetic little moan. “I told them you only got together to get even with Grayson.”
I cringe, acutely aware now of the eyes that are on us.
Onme.
I look around and see the stares, all trained on me as they whisper, and they laugh, and?—
Crap.My heart races in my chest. Where’s Zack? I whip my head from side to side, but I can’t spot him in the crowd. Instead, I seehim. Grayson.
He’s walking toward me, the crowd parting for him like he’s freakin’ Moses.
Maybe it’s the smell of puke lingering in the air, but my stomach heaves when I see his expression. Saliva fills my mouth and I have to swallow hard to fight a sudden wave of nausea.
It’s not a smirk Grayson’s sporting, it’s more like a...it’s like asimper. That’s the only word I can think to describe the ingratiating, smug, holier-than-thou look he’s wearing right now.
I tear my eyes away from his because?—
Whereishe?
Where the hell is Zack right now? This pounding in my chest isn’t just from embarrassment because people are staring and whispering. It’s a clawing sensation that makes me want to shout.
I want to scream Zack’s name.
It’s terror, plain and simple, and I can’t explain it.
And even if I wanted to sit down and sift through my feelings to figure it out, I can’t. Because Grayson is right in front of me. He’s smiling down at me.
That smile is sappy and…and just plaingross.
It’s his puppy dog look times a million.
He knows. That much is obvious. He knows about me and Zack faking it, and he thinks that means something.
He knows, and he thinks he’s won.
It makes me want to barf, and I’m almost positive that urge isn’t just because of the raunchy smell at my feet anymore. It’s all him.
“You make mesick.” I spit the words out with all the venom I feel. It’s the truth I haven’t been able to say because of our payback plan. But what’s to stop me now, right?
His eyes widen like I’ve struck him. He looks genuinely wounded. “Bae, let’s talk about this.”
“What’s there to talk about? You cheated on me. You made a fool of me.” I give him a smile that’s not even close to pleasant. “And I got even. There’s really nothing left to say.”
“I can explain.” He’s the picture of earnest sincerity, his brows drawn down in concern, and his eyes crinkled at the corners as he gives me a beseeching look.
Toni makes a choked sound like she’s trying not to hurl again.
