Pretend You're Mine (Inked Hearts 3)

There’s nothing to go back to in Los Angeles. I want to crawl into my bed and cry. I want to fall apart in my apartment. I want to be home.

But without Ryan, I don’t have a home.

I don’t belong anywhere.

My damn cell buzzes again.

Dean stays teasing. He motions hand it over.

I do.

I need to be here.

I need him screening the message.

I need someone making this okay.

The call ends. Right away, the screen flashes with a text.

Ryan: Penny

That’s all I see.

Her name.

Penny is naked in my bed.

Penny told me she’s in love with me.

Penny is dead to me.

I don’t have a clue what it is.

Dean unlocks my cell with the password.

I raise a brow.

He shrugs. “Like you don’t know mine.”

I know everyone at the shop’s passwords. But I never use them. Even when it’s tempting. “I plead the fifth.”

He reads from a text. “Penny came by my room.” His eyes go wide. “Wait. Shit.”

“See.” My heart sinks like a stone. She came by his room. God knows what they did after.

I don’t get a say.

I ended this.

I broke up with him.

I have no right to hurt over him fucking Penny.

But he’s better than this.

He deserves more than this.

He deserves everything.