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Chapter 9

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When I returned home, I had to knock on the door to get back into the house. Eric let me in, a frown plastered across his beautiful face.

“What the hell is going on with you, Patrick?” he asked after closing the front door behind me.

“I’m just having a meltdown. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to take my anger out on you.”

“What are you angry about? The fact that Clay’s marrying another man?”

“No.”

Eric was quiet for a few seconds. “Do you want him back?”

“No.”

“Then what is it?”

“I just—I guess I’m still bitter about being rejected. I didn’t deserve to be treated like that.”

“You didn’t, but it happened and you need to move on from it. I felt the same way when my old boyfriend Matthew dumped me, and you know what happened as a result of that.”