Chapter 73

Maya’s POV

“That guy at the party that Gabriella accidentally slept with,” I said, watching his reaction. His eyes went wide, and I actually heard him swallow. Honestly, I’m okay with it now, it's just that I just wanted to tease him.

“It was you, wasn’t it?”

He pressed his lips together, sucked them in, and popped them back out again.

“That depends. Are you mad?”

I laughed at the hopeless look on his face. “I’m not mad. Just curious.”

He went silent for a long moment, his gaze trained on the floor as if weighing the pros and cons of telling me the truth. Finally, he drew in a deep breath and spoke.

“I was seventeen, I think. I got in a fight with Dad, so I went for a drive and ended up in Ellis-Town. I saw Gabriella aga