Page 77 of How to Get Revenge on a Cheating Ex
His glare is part rage, part confusion.
Now it’s my turn to laugh, and God it feels good. “It was clear to anyone with eyes that she was over you. All I had to do was give her a ride home...” I throw my arms out wide with my best cocky grin. “And let nature take its course.”
He comes for me with a curse, but this time I’m ready and I land a punch to his jaw before he can hit me. My knuckles shriek in pain, but he goes reeling back with a satisfying grunt before coming at me again.
He manages to get one shot in before I knee him in the gut and jam another fist in his face.
The dude might be tough, but he’s no fighter. He only knows how to be aggressive on a football field where there are rules and he has backup.
He doesn’t know what a real fight is. But in the years after my dad left, I found out. And now, for once, those wasted nights getting into trouble, picking fights and taunting strangers just to overcome the fear of pain and learn how to protect against it…
It’s finally paying off now. I step back and watch Grayson spit blood, bent over and hissing in pain.
It’s not enough though. He deserves so much worse for what he did to Bailey. What he did, what he says, what he thinks.
She’ll be begging me to take her back.
“You’re pathetic,” I growl, enjoying the way he backs away from me in fear as I stalk toward him. “She deserves better. She’s always deserved better than you.”
“Screw you.” he backs away, spitting and panting.
He looks as weak as he is now. Underneath all that charm and confidence, he’s just an effing coward.
I just wish Bailey was here to see him like this. If she saw him like this she might actually believe that it had nothing to do with her.
The guy needed to be fawned over. He couldn’t stand not being the center of the universe. And Bailey…
It’s why he still needs Bailey. He needs her unconditional love.
“You know, Grayson, I’m gonna do you a favor, for old times’ sake.” I wait until he looks up at me from where he’s kneeling on the ground. “I’m not going to tell Bailey that you cheated on her.”
I say, all casual-like as I head toward my driver’s side door. I’ve caught my breath and I sound almost normal as I continue.“But my guess is, she’ll find out. Now that you’ve split, rumors are flying, and we both know Bailey’s not an idiot.”
He’s swiping blood from his bottom lip when he stands. “I’m not worried.”
Bullshit. He’s terrified.
“If she knows or not…” He shrugs, giving this new cool guy act his all. “Doesn’t matter.”
His smirk is so arrogant it takes everything I have not to go back over there, slam him to the ground and pound his head into the pavement.
“Don’t kid yourself, Myers.” He swipes at his bloody nose, and it’s back—that confidence he wears like a second skin. “She’ll come back to me. Even if she finds out about my mistakes, she’ll forgive me, and we’ll be back together by the fall.”
I stare at him for a long moment. “You’re delusional.”
He laughs. He freakin’laughs.“Nah, man. You’re just naive. Do you honestly think that Bailey’s gonna end up with some loser like you? Anyone can see you’re the guy who’ll wind up a deadbeat dad with a dead-end job.” He shakes his head, cruel laughter in his eyes as he backs away. “I'm the real deal for Bae, just like she is for me.”
I scoff, but it doesn’t come out quite right.
He shrugs. “She's slumming it, that’s all. I didn’t think she had it in her, but I can’t really blame her. We all have to have our fun…” He eyes me with a smirk. “Make our mistakes.”
He stops walking and stares me down. “But at the end of the day, I'm the one leaving this town. I'm the one with a future.”
He shoots me a grin that makes my gut clench and my hands curl into fists. “Enjoy her while you can, Zack.” The asshole has the nerve to wink as he walks away. “Trust me, you won't have her for long.”
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