Fake Dating My Ex's Hockey Star Brother (Maya Scott) novel Chapter 10

KATY’S POV

Justin goes still. For a few long seconds, he doesn’t move, doesn’t blink, but just stares like he’s rebooting. Then his gaze snaps to me.

“Wait… Bryan cheated on you and f*****g said that bullshit..” his voice rises, then drops into something harsher, “and you didn’t think to tell me? Huh, Katy?”

I scoff, trying to cover the fact that I suddenly want to cry. “Well, I had my reasons for not telling you.”

Justin spreads his arms, like he can’t even process what I just said. “What possible reasons?”

“The way you’re acting right now.” I snap, heat rising in my chest. “I’m sure you’re already picturing beating him up.”

“And why shouldn’t I?” he fires back.

“You play hockey!” My voice climbs before I mean it to. “If you beat him up, what then? Lose your scholarship? Lose the team? And then what, move back home? Start over? That’s not something you bounce back from in a semester.”

His expression shifts. “You should let me figure that out.”

“I can figure myself out,” I snap right back. “I’m not a kid, and this is my decision.”

He pushes up to his feet so fast the couch groans behind him. For a moment, he just glares at me before his attention cuts to Braydon. “I don’t want this s**t between you two. Call it off.”

“No.” I grind out.

“Call it off.” He grits.

“Come on, it—” Braydon starts, trying to smooth things over.

“Shut up!” Justin snaps, and he clamps his mouth shut instantly, sinking back against the couch.

Justin points at me, finger shaking a little with the force of his anger. “I asked you to tutor him, not fake date him or whatever this is.” His voice rises with every word, loud enough that I’m sure the neighbors down the hall can hear. “You say it’s nothing, but in a few weeks, you’ll be making out with him!”

I scoff, heat bubbling up in my chest. “So this is because you don’t trust me? You think I’m that easy?”

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