“I don’t know,” I say, “but I’ve spent more time seeing her with other guys than being with her, so I guess I can understand how it might be natural—for her—to just fall back into that.” “To cheat,” Ryke clarifies. I give him a glare. “Yeah,” I snap, “but if it happens, it happens, right?” Even the thought, though, devastates me. “I don’t think it will,” Ryke says. I jerk back in shock. He’s never been an advocate for Lily. “And why is that?” “Because I think she loves you more than she loves sex. And you love her more than you love alcohol, but you two just haven’t let yourselves believe it
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