Chapter 175. After Our One-Night Stand

Hermes POV

Ted walked in, the sound of his steps, slicing clean through the tension like a scalpel.

“What’s going on here?”he asked, his tone calm—too calm.

June jerked away from me so fast the air between us shattered. I exhaled sharply, feeling the loss like someone had just punched a fist through my ribs. And then I watched—forced myself to watch—as Ted’s hand settled at the small of her waist.

A place my hand had memorized first.

My stomach twisted. Tightened. Soured.

This must be wrong. So wrong.

How the hell did June go from me… to Ted? My best friend? My doctor?

Was she—God forbid—some kind of gold digger?

I didn’t want to believe it.

But the sight felt like betrayal. A betrayal I had no right to feel… yet couldn’t shake.

“I told him about our relationship,”June said quickly, voice steady—but her fingers were trembling. Then she leaned closer to Ted and whispered something I couldn’t hear.

Somethin