Once we were downstairs, Luca had already dug into the pizza Asher ordered and Eve’s eyes were plastered on her phone screen.
When she pulled her eyes back up, she smiled at me. “How’re you feeling?”
“Well, I just caught my ex-fiance fucking a client on our couch. What do you think?” I collapsed on the couch beside her.
She moved her glasses up her nose. “I’d assume you weren’t doing so well.”
Mags snorted before she sat next to me, with a pizza in hand. “No shit, Sherlock!”
Eve pressed her lips into a line. “Are you really staying here?”
I nodded. “Asher has a spare room.”
She glanced and found that Asher and Luca were talking in the kitchen before she released a sigh. “What about your history? How will you handle your feelings for him?”
My lips curved upward. “Funny story guys.” I launched into the whole misunderstanding that we just talked through upstairs. Tears flowing freely once again at the thought of the avoidable heartbreak.
Mags swallowed the rest of her pizza before she clapped her hands together. “That explains how snuggly you two were upstairs!”
Eve creased her brow. “How on earth did you miss the note that morning?”
I shook my head. “I don’t know. I just woke up and saw he left and lost my mind. I didn’t think to look for any notes.”
“Well, you have your second chance now that the cheating asshole is out of the picture,” Mags said.
Eve shot her daggers. “She just saw Preston having—” She lowered her voice. “Sex with another woman. Give her a bit of time.”
I patted her shoulder. “Thanks for the concern, but I was ending the engagement today anyway. My feelings for Asher are too strong to ignore.”
Eve hesitated. “If that’s what you’re comfortable with.”
My heart dropped as I remembered walking in on Preston. “Shit.” I stood up and started pacing. “He wasn’t wearing a condom with her.”
Mags face twisted in disgust.
“Make an appointment with your gynecologist tomorrow. I’m sure everything is fine, but you should be safe,” Eve whispered.
I yanked my phone out and went to my doctor appointment app on my phone. I tapped away on the screen as I made an appointment for early in the morning. I also texted Mr. Higgins to let him know I needed a substitute for half of the morning tomorrow.
“What’s going on?” Luca asked, his eyebrows raised as he stared at me.
He and Asher stood there looking from me to the girls. Panicked expressions were on Mags and Eve, and I was sure I sported an intense look of panic on my own if it was any sign of how I felt.
“Asshole wasn’t wearing a condom, and she’s making an appointment to get tested,” Mags seethed.
Asher’s upper lip sneered. “You’re fucking kidding me. I’m sorry Faith, I didn’t even notice.”
I shook my head. “It’ll be fine. I’m sure it’s not an issue, but I want to be sure. I already made an appointment and asked Higgins for a sub for the morning.”
Asher nodded, but his body was stiff. How dare Preston put me at risk? How long had this been going on? I would’ve never known had I not come home early. My only source of stability was that we hadn’t slept together in two months.
I shivered, and willed myself not to puke. “Thanks everyone, for coming over, but I think I need to take a shower and sleep.”
Eve hopped up off the couch. “I need to head out, anyway. Gerald is waiting outside for me.” She gave me a quick hug. “Text me later, okay? Bye, everyone!” She bounced out of the house in a blur.
Mags blinked. “Seriously? That was so rude. She acted so off today.”
I bit my lip. “There’s definitely something off. We’ll have a girl's night soon and talk to her.”
“That sounds like a damn good plan.” She wrapped me up in a hug. “Call and tell me the results whenever they come in.”
I hugged her back. “I will.”
Luca crossed his arms. “Let me have a turn to love on my baby cousin, Mags.”
She stuck her tongue out at him. “God forbid I hold precious Faith hostage from her fabulous cousin.”
He smirked. “Fabulous, you say?”
She grunted her goodbye before heading out. I didn’t miss the tinge of pink on her cheeks as Luca teased her.
I laughed. “You always get under her skin.”
He hugged me. “Seriously Faith, I’ll go kick his ass.”
I pulled back and thwacked his forehead. “No way. You’re not getting in trouble.”
“Do you want help moving your stuff?”
“Thanks for the offer, but dad already hired a moving company to move it over here.”
Luca’s eyebrows raised, and he offered a hesitant smile. “That’s good, right?”
“It is, I think he feels responsible since he was the reason I met Preston.” I shrugged. “It feels good to know he cares.”
Asher and Luca talked more while I excused myself to take a shower.
I was grateful to be alone so I could make sense of what all happened today. My life was becoming one big train wreck, but as long as I had my friends and family, I knew I’d be okay.
I reached out and held Faith’s hand across the table at The Coffee Shop. “I’ve missed you.”
I saw the flicker of a smile on her face as she squeezed my hand back. “I needed time to deal. But…I’ve missed you too.”
I loved the comforting feeling of her touch. I missed it, everything about her. She wanted some space to process what Preston had done. It’s been a couple of weeks of agony on my end. She threw herself into work, getting home late and hiding out in my spare room every night. It felt more like she wanted time away from me. She took Preston’s betrayal to heart, but I wasn’t him. I just wanted her to be happy.
“You know that the feelings I had didn’t go away, right?” I stared deep in her pretty blue
