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probably wise, actually.”
    “I think I know what you mean.”
    “This is hard.” Chad swallowed audibly.
    “It’ll be easier if I don’t see you, to be honest. Probably easier for you, too.” Katie was biting her lip, her eyes searching his for understanding.
    All he could do was nod. It might be easier, but he didn’t want easier. He wanted Katie.
     

CHAPTER FIVE
    KATIE
     
     
    “I just can’t believe you would do that to me! Or to him, for that matter.” Katie barked at Jay, unable to bring herself to glance over at him as he drove home. Instead, she focused her attention on her seatbelt, fiddling with it as she tried unsuccessfully to get it buckled before he put to car into gear.
    “Don’t worry about him, Katie. But, you’re right. I shouldn’t have done that to you.”
    She heard the seatbelt click into place and raised her head, waiting for him to continue. When he didn’t, her eyes widened even further. “You aren’t even going to apologize, are you?”
    A scoff escaped Jay’s throat. “Of course, I am. I’m sorry. You know I am. I shouldn’t have brought you here tonight.” His gaze never wavered from the road stretching out before him, and Katie leaned back against the seat, her nerves bundled tight and tense with frustration.
    “What the hell did you think you were going to gain from tonight? I mean, other than hurting Chad, and embarrassing me?”
    “Katie, calm down, okay?” His hands clenched the steering wheel tighter. “I guess I was just—”
    “Just what, Jay? Trying to see how I would react when I saw him? Well, how’s this for a reaction? Stop the damn car.” Katie pulled wildly at the door handle. Thankfully, the doors had automatically locked once the car was in motion, but Jay’s eyes still went wide when he stole a glance in her direction.
    “Katie! Christ, stop it! You’ll get yourself hurt!” His hand gripped her arm in an attempt to stay her movements, and Katie flung his fingers from her skin.
    “Get your damn hands off me!”
    “Then stop trying to jump out of a moving car!” Jay had pulled onto the highway, his eyes flitting from the yellow line to Katie, and then back again.
    She knew her actions were ridiculous, and frankly she didn’t care. “Stop the car, Jay. I’m getting out.”
    “And going where, exactly? We’re a fifteen-minute drive away from the apartment and you’re wearing a party dress with a light jacket. This may not be Canada, Katie, but it’s still December.”
    Katie huffed in frustration, leaning back against the seat. She would freeze. Her high-heeled sandals weren’t exactly ideal footwear for a hike, either. “What was the point of tonight? Tell me.”
    “Some of the artists I work with were attending—”
    “Why were we there, Jay? You purposely invited me, knowing full well—”
    He rested both hands back on the wheel, seemingly confident enough that she’d calmed down enough to stay in the car. “I let my pride get the best of me. I really am sorry.”
    She snapped her head around to look at him. “Your pride? You took me to Chad’s release party to prove a point? To ruin his night? Wow, you should be really ashamed of yourself. You do know that, right?”
    The venom on her tongue must have stung; she saw him flinch. “I said I’m sorry.”
    “It’s not me you should be saying sorry to, Jay. It’s Chad.”
    Jay slammed his hands down hard on the steering wheel. “I won’t be apologizing to him! I made a mistake, I admit it. I just wanted to show off my fiancée. I wanted to show him how far we’ve come.”
    Her anger flared again. “There’s only one problem with that, Jay. I am not your fiancée, and you need to remember that.”
    “You were, though. Before...everything. Before him.”
    “Go to hell,” she snapped. “Don’t you dare blame him for the breakup of our engagement. That one’s on you, in case you don’t remember.”
    Silence ensued, and they both sat unmoving, seething. Katie