Cole stepped in front of them.
“Sage, let's go home…now! Declan might be worried and…”
She looked at him. “No….Dec knows what boundaries mean and you sound pathetic lying on his behalf.”
His chest rose sharply. “I said I'll pay for everything. You don't have to worry about anything.”
Sage ignored him and walked around him and Cole caught her wrist.
She immediately turned. “Let go.”
His grip loosened, but he didn't completely release her.
“Punish me with anything else,” he said quietly. “Yell at me and hate me. Tell me I'm an asshole. I can take that. But don't do this. I can't stand watching you choose someone else just to hurt me.”
Sage stared at him then she smiled. There was no warmth in it. “Really? But I could stand it when you did things like this with Vivienne and made me th
