Jilted

by Vi Keeland

“The polite thing to do when you dance with someone you barely know is to leave room for Jesus.”

You feel too good to leave an inch.”

The fact that my fiancé of a year and a half was about to dump me in front of all of my family and friends didn’t even enter my mind as a possibility.

My eyes widened. “You have an ass tattoo?”

Lucas nudged his brother with his elbow. “Come on, show it to ’em.”

It wouldn’t be hard to fall for Wilder Hayes, that’s for sure. And maybe a little piece

of me was already starting to. But I needed to be smart. “I’ll try.”

“We haven’t gone any of the way yet. Wilder hasn’t even kissed me since I landed in London.”

“It’s my fault. The guy scares the crap out of me.”

seen the outline and it’s that big?” I chuckled. “No! I meant he makes me feel things.”

“You fell off the horse—or in Josh’s case, the jackass—and now you’re afraid to get back on.

“What Josh did is not about you. It’s about him. You can’t be afraid to take chances because you got hurt.

She’d made me feel small, and in turn I’d lashed out at Wilder,

hadn’t done anything wrong other than dance with a woman he clearly—by the way he’d held on to me—hadn’t wanted to dance with.

I was crazy about him. But … what if he was just in it for the chase?

said himself that everyone had always wanted him, except me. Maybe it was the challenge that was enticing.

“Well, let me summarize for you. I acted like a jealous asshole, and you got upset and drank too much.”

I promise I won’t push you to do anything you don’t want to.

just don’t want tonight to end, and I want you there when I wake up in the morning.”

When Whit and I had first gotten together, everything was easy.

seemed to agree on most things. We had sex all the time and didn’t argue.

almost always had a smile on her face. But that had changed over ...

beginning to wonder if it was the pregnancy or if we didn’t get to know ...

I’d learned a lot about Whitney these last few months, the most important tidbit being that she had a tell when she lied.

talked faster than usual and tried to change the subject or walk away as quickly as possible—exactly like she was doing now.

just expect things to not work out, based on my past experiences. And that’s not fair to put on Wilder.”

I made a giant mistake leaving the church that day. I was immature and scared, worried I was making the wrong choice like my parents did,

“We can start slow, Sloane. I know I’ll have to win your trust back.

if you give me another chance, I promise you won’t regret it.”

Wilder studied me for a moment. “He came to tell you he wants you back.”

“He’s been calling and texting you, and you never answered.”