Page 109 of Muse (Fighting Fate)

Forcing myself to keep going, I read.

Are you going to the party tonight?

Um…you know I don’t do parties…

Yeah, I do. I thought maybe I could come see you instead.

:( Not a lot of point I don’t think. Wrong time of the month…

That’s ok. There’s always next week :)

My eyes bugged. My god! It really was just about sex. I was horrified.

The next message had me sitting up with interest though.

Are you not talking to me?

Uh…I didn’t really think there was any point. I’m assuming we’re done now…

Why?

You know why.

No. I don’t. Explain it to me.

I told you I wouldn’t continue with it if you saw other girls.

I frowned. Okay, so I’d put rules in place. That was interesting.

I’m not seeing anyone...

Jace, I know about Violet.

I’m sorry.

Don’t be. You didn’t do anything wrong, Thank you for everything xx

I groaned. This wasn’t making any sense. On one hand, it looked as though I’d grown a conscience, which was relieving and lifted my spirits a little, but on the other hand, he’d obviously slept with Violet, and I was thanking him. What was wrong with me?

But then obviously something had happened, because a few weeks later, there were more texts.

You’d better be coming to the beach!

Are you serious? I thought it’d give me the perfect excuse to come see you!

Mom’s home, so it’s not possible.

You’re really going to the beach?

I thought it’d be worth it if I got to see you...

I’ll text Aid to pick me up ;)

Xx

I could see there was an obvious difference in the tone of the texts between that conversation and the last one. There was an excitement at the thought of seeing each other – outside of the bedroom. My heart lifted a little.

I stared at the little kisses I’d sent him. To me, that indicated some form of romance.

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