Chapter 286

• "Are you fucking kidding me?!" I finally raise my voice. "Why are you so insistent on giving her the benefit of the doubt?"
• "Because we're friends! We're working on being just friends again and I don't think that that's what she said to you" Rhode responds.
• "Do you keep her around in case things go wrong between us?" I quickly ask in a quiet voice, the question she asked me herself eating me from the inside out. Rhode runs his hand through his hair and grits his teeth together.