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“Just having a late night chat?” The sarcasm dripped with venom. “Why the fuck is your ex, the guy you were in love with for the past year, sitting in your apartment? What the fuck, Hazel?”
    “I came here to apologize,” Kyle said quickly. “Nothing is going on.”
    “I’m not talking to you,” Flynn snapped. He gave him a look of murder before he turned back to me.
    “When I came to your apartment a few weeks ago, some woman was in your apartment. I didn’t jump to conclusions. I let you explain yourself,” I said.
    “But I hadn’t fucked her.” His eyes were wide. “She wasn’t my ex. If you expect me to be loyal to you and put your needs first, th en I expect the same in return.”
    “Just let me explain, okay?” I never thought Flynn would act this way. It was totally unnatural. He was calm and collected all the time. Now he was exploding like a firecracker.
    “If you don’t want me to hurt you, don’t hurt me,” he threatened.
    I turned to Kyle. “Please leave.”
    “Yeah.” He stepped out. “I’m really sorry about this.”
    “Just go and don’t come back,” I snapped.
    Flynn stared him down until he finally walked away. Then he slammed the door and came into my apartment. He immediately went to my bed and inspected it. I made it that morning so there wasn’t a single wrinkle.
    I shook my head. “Flynn, I’m not a cheater. I wouldn’t hook up with my ex when I have you. I know you’re upset right now but think clearly. That makes absolutely no sense.”
    “There’s absolutely no reason why he should be here, so all your logic is irrelevant.” He’d never been so cold with me.
    “Can you calm down and let me tell you what happened?”
    He crossed his arms over his chest and glared at me.
    I picked up my phone. “He texted me and told me he wanted to talk. I said no but he came to my apartment anyway.” I handed him the phone. “You can read the conversation.”
    He unlocked the phone and looked through it. “Then why did you let him in?”
    “He said he wanted to talk…I thought I’d listen and then he would leave.”
    “All you had to do was call me and I would have taken care of it.” His eyes burned into mine.
    “I wanted to know what he wanted.”
    “Why? What the fuck does it matter?”
    “I don’t know! I just wanted to know.”
    He shook his head slightly. “And what did the asshole want?”
    “He apologized for the way he treated me.”
    “Why the fuck would he do that?”
    “His fiancé dumped him and he said he knew how I felt. He wanted me to know that it bit him in the ass and now he was paying for it. That he feels as shitty as I did. Payback.”
    “He came all the way here just to say that?” Flynn wasn’t buying it. “He was here for another reason. What was it?”
    I knew this was going to be bad. “He wanted me back.”
    His eyes widened. “And what the fuck did you say?”
    “What kind of question is that?” It pissed me off he even had to ask that. “What the hell did you think I said, Flynn? I’m in love with you and I’m moving in with you. Why would I go back to him? That’s insulting.”
    “It’s insulting that you let your ex into your apartment.”
    “All we did was talk.”
    “No.” His voice sliced through the air. “After everything he did to you, you don’t owe him anything, Hazel. Nothing.”
    “I…I felt bad for him.”
    “Or you still have feelings for him.”
    “God, no,” I snapped. “Absolutely not. Even if I never met you I wouldn’t take him back. Why the hell would I want him when I have you? It makes no damn sense, Flynn. You need to calm down and start thinking straight.”
    He stepped away from me, the anger shaking his limbs. “If I had my ex in my apartment, you’d leave me.”
    “No, I wouldn’t. If you told me what happened, I would listen and believe you.”
    He laughed. “Yeah right.”
    “Flynn, I trust you. I wouldn’t have moved in with you if I didn’t.”
    “About that,”