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.I ran trembling fingers down the curls I'd spent too much time on getting ready.I'd wanted everything to be perfect for me but it ended up being Hell; my life was the perfect Hell.I flicked the light switch to Cora's bathroom off and walked into her bedroom, avoiding everyone's stares; I didn't want their pity.I collapsed onto her king-size bed and drew my limbs in close to my body to create my own Gabby wall."Whose ass do I need to kick?" Keegan asked, his lips pressed flat.I gave him a weak smile."No one who matters," I grumbled.I hated saying that Dalton didn't matter, but it was the truth.I didn't matter enough for him to be honest with me.I didn't matter enough for him to stick up for me when his dad tried to humiliate me in front of a room full of people.I didn't matter enough for him to choose me over some stupid business deal.Therefore, he no longer mattered to me.Goodbye, Dalton.Catch ya on the flip side, motherfucker.He laughed."If you change your mind, let me know." I squinted my wet eyes over to him.He was sitting on the edge of the bed next to Daisy.I could tell they'd been lying around his house because they were both wearing their pajamas.Keegan's dark hair was disheveled and Daisy's was pulled back at the top of her head.She was wearing an overly-large sweatshirt that I knew Keegan was the owner of that practically swallowed her tiny frame.He leaned down and kissed Daisy on the forehead."Make your friend feel better, baby," he told her, rubbing her shoulders.She smiled, tilting her head up to kiss him."If you two kiss and start acting all lovey, I swear on everything I own, I will kill you all," I threatened, stopping their public display of affection.Shoot me now.I was the love-hater surrounded by lovesick idiots.Keegan pulled away from Daisy and held his hands up in surrender."My bad, girl." He leaned over the bed and ruffled his hands through my hair before standing up.“I just want to throw this out there: guys do stupid shit sometimes.Ask Daisy, I fuck up all the time."Daisy smiled in agreement."He does.""I'm an idiot," Keegan continued."Sometimes you have to understand that's what we are, fucking idiots.We're dumb as fuck and you have to forgive us sometimes." Forgiveness wasn't a word that existed in my book.I'd given Dalton an hour to call me before shutting my phone off.My forgiveness had a time line or it was cut out for good.I picked up one of Cora's pink, fuzzy pillows and threw it at him, his head bobbing to the side as it smacked him in the face.He grinned."Shit, okay, never mind.Hate the prick.We will all hate his sorry ass.Just be nice to me because you get seriously scary when you're pissed off.It's like you get taken over by demons."I flipped him off and sagged against the headboard.Daisy hopped up and down on the bed and motioned toward her boyfriend."See, I tamed my bad boy!"My head whipped up to look at all of them."My bad boy forgot to mention the fact that he was engaged," I fired back, finally clueing them in."Oh, fuck," came out of Lane's mouth at the same time as "dumbass" came from Keegan.It was nice to know they were on my side.I assumed it was mainly because they wanted to keep getting laid by their girlfriends, but I'd take it; the more people on my side, the better.Keegan tossed the pillow I threw back on the bed."I think this one is out of my league.I'll let you ladies handle this.Let us know if you need any manly advice; otherwise, we'll be in the basement playing video games." Lane followed him out of the bedroom and shut the door."How the hell didn't you know he was getting married?" Daisy questioned as soon as the room cleared."Don't you have to attend all of their holiday dinners and parties? How could you have not known about her?”I slouched back against the headboard."He never mentioned it, and she's never been around that I know of.Plus, it's arranged or something," I answered.I believed Dalton when he said that because I'd overheard Wilson talking about how he'd arranged Leo's marriage for a business agreement.Daisy scrunched up her face."What, are we in the fifteenth century? People actually still arrange marriages?""They do it as business agreements, sometimes.Your kid marries mine and I’ll merge our companies, or we’ll always do our business with you.Stupid shit like that,” Cora explained for me.“It’s fucked up.”"You rich people are seriously weird," Daisy replied.She came from a small town.Her mom was a homemaker and her dad was a cop.It took her a while, just like me, to get used to the extravagant lifestyles the people around us had.I held out my hand in protest."I'm not rich.I'm only guilty by association." I knew Kenneth wasn't going to support me forever, and I'd eventually be out on my own.I was almost certain I wouldn't have millions lying around to spend when that time came, either.Unlike the majority of the kids I knew, I wasn't receiving some large inheritance.We both looked over at Cora and she shook her head."Nu uh, I'm not rich, either.My parents are." She pointed to herself."This girl lives on a limited allowance, so let's not put me into that category, please and thank you.Plus, we're not douchebag-rich
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