When their partners cheated on them with each other, Riley and Jonah decided to get engaged and then get married to get back at them. But things are never as easy as it seems.
When feelings get involved and weird past events unravel, lives are at s...
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I watched Jonah carefully. His expression morphed into one of panic for a brief moment before going blank. I glared at him and he glared back.
We can't pull this off if we keep getting on each other's nerves.
Remembering Jonah's words, I spoke again. "I'm not saying this to start a fight. I'm saying that you need to clean up your acting skills. We need them to believe that we're in love to actually hurt them. They already know that our engagement is a sham, so that won't bother them. And the general public seems to side with Hayley. Not that I care. But that would only make them feel superior. In order to crush them, we need to show them what they're missing out."
Jonah stared at me with an unsure expression. "And how exactly are we going to pull this off when you can't say five sentences to me without being rude."
I snorted. "Maybe if you were more mature instead of a five year old in the body of a grown adult, I wouldn't have to be rude to you."
"Right. Talk to me when you feel less bitchy. I'll be in my room." His gaze dropped to my foot and then he added, "In the kitchen. I'll be in the kitchen." He turned around and began to walk away.
Why was he being so nice to me? We hated each other. I spent almost the entire time that I dated Ian, thwarting Jonah's stupid plans to humiliate my then boyfriend. I was the reason be couldn't humiliate Ian. For some reason he was hell bent on absolutely annhilating Ian's reputation and couldn't be just content with being with Hayley. Sure, we got engaged, but nothing that drastic happened between us.
Maybe he pitied me. Of course he did. I had basically told him that I was dancing like an idiot to avoid my feelings. Then he saw me cry and I begged him to stay with me.
What the fuck is wrong with me!
Remembering about the previous night also reminded me of the way he looked. His eyes were red and it was clear that he had been crying. I had watched that stupid video over and over again. While I looked like a rabid animal in a desperate need to be put down, Jonah looked tired. Yes, he was angry but the sadness and acceptance was much more prominent. Like he had expected exactly that.
My stomach ached as I remembered the stories Ian told me about him and Hayley. The pride in his eyes as he told me how Hayley always chose him over her own partner and then the pain when he spoke about how Hayley always went back to Jonah. I remembered how I felt more sympathy for Jonah than for Ian. After all Ian was the outsider in the relationship.
So I guess it made sense for Jonah to try to ruin Ian from his own perspective and I was hindering that. But that wasn't the case anymore, maybe that's why he was being nice. Or maybe it was just basic human decency.
"Wait." I called out making him stop. However, he didn't turn around."I'll try to be nicer to you."
He turned around with a raised eyebrow. He stayed in his spot. "Trying won't cut it, Riley."
