Roommates... with my Ex Boyfriend (Roommates Series: Book #1)

Chapter 11

Author's Note:

I'm sorry about the late chapter beauties. Trust me, this chapter was ready to go on Sunday, but my WiFi was attacking up, and I couldn't publish this chapter.

Anyways, enjoy beauties!

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I sit there, looking outside of my window while waiting for him to arrive. He promised that he would. I just hope that he shows up, not someone else like Finn, or even Cooper. Why did I show up? I ask myself. I haven't spoken to him in quite a while, but I have seen enough from afar to know that this is a bad mistake.

I get up without another hesitation, and instantly tense when I hear his voice. "Leaving so soon?"

I turn around, and smile kindly at Logan. I shake my head, lying, "No, I was only going to the bathroom."

He snorts. He takes the seat on the other side of the table as I sit back down. Logan narrows his eyes at me. "Does anyone know that you're here?"

I shake my head. We both agreed that we wouldn't tell anyone that we were going to meet with each other. I felt bad about lying to Jess, but Jace was another story. I know that he doesn't like Finn, Logan, or Cooper, and I know that he wants me far away from them, yet here I am.

"What was it that you wanted to talk about?" I ask him.

"I want you to join me, little sister," Logan states.

I chuckle, but stop myself when I see that he is serious. I frown. Why would he think that I would even consider that? First of all, I don't wish to ever spend time with the people who betrayed me. The other reason is, I don't want to stab the people that I care about --- Jace, Jess, and the rest of them --- in the back. They have done so much for me, why would I accept his offer?

I cross my arms over my chest. "What if I refuse?"

He motions to look at something underneath the table, and foolishly, I do. My eyes widen when they land on the gun pointed straight at me. I guess you could say that I'm somewhat relieved when I notice that he's shaking. He can't physically do it. Even though I'm not happy with him, if I was in his shoes, I wouldn't be able to do it either.

I send him a friendly smile. "I can't, Logan. They're my family now."

He nods, clearly pissed off by my refusal. "I can't kill you, but Finn will. He'll gladly kill both you, and Jace."

With that, he shoves his gun back into his pocket, gets up, and storms out of the café. Now, that's my brother, I think with a slight smile, starting something, and never finishing it.

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Jess

Today is our birthday. We've never done anything special, and this year will be the same. I'm sure we'll do what we did last year, spend time with a few friends, and then at night, go to a bar to get completely drunk. Jace told everyone that he didn't want anything, but I know that he lied. He wanted something. He wanted to spend time with his first love. The disappointment on his face when she left early this morning without talking to him proves my point.

It seemed like Lauren had no idea what day it is today when she left. She acted as if it was no big deal to leave on a day like this one. How could she? She was talking about it with Jace just a few days ago, and she's not the type to forget someone's special day.

I quickly push my thoughts away as Baron, one of Jace's men, takes a seat beside me --- my brother is on my other side, talking with a few of his new men, and women. I glance at Baron, who's also silent, awkward, unsure what to do. I've only had one relationship, and that was with Colten; it took several glasses of whiskey to get me talking with him. Since I'm sober, and I barely know him, I stay quiet, waiting for Jace to finish his conversation.