Gary POV
After Scarlett hung up, my mind wouldn’t settle.
I’d liked her for years. Somewhere along the way, she’d become someone I barely recognized.
Now she was juggling two men, and somehow both relationships were still standing.
Anyone who said that didn’t hurt was lying.
Under the hurt was something worse.
Resentment. A stubborn refusal to accept that after all this time, I still couldn’t have her.
I couldn’t win her heart.
I couldn’t even have her.
Jaxen and Ryan both had a place in her life.
So what if I became the third?
What difference would one more make?
I’d spent so long hoping she’d eventually love me that I’d convinced myself there was still a chance.
I’d even worked behind the scenes to push her and Jaxen toward divorce.
After all that waiting and schem
