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“I didn’t say anything!” She was adamant.
“Not a single rude word.”
He stared at her for half a second, then gave up trying to get the full story.
Emmett looked ready to put someone through a wall.
Cassian just wanted it over with.
“Apologize. Properly.”
Alexis shook her head.
Her eyes started to shine like she was about to cry.
“You’re making me apologize in front of everyone? You don’t believe me?”
“It’s not about that,” he snapped.
“Just apologize. We’ll talk later. Get on with it.”
She bit down on her lower lip and gave him a look like he’d just kicked her dog.
He ignored it.
After a few seconds of petulant silence, she finally turned towards me and Yvaine.
“Fine. I’ll apologize. It’s two against one, so whatever you say must be true. I said some things I shouldn’t have. I shouldn’t have come here to confront Yvaine. If it upset you, then I’m sorry.”
She paused like she was waiting for someone to clap.
Then she added, “Is that good enough? Will you forgive me now?”
“Don’t act like we’re forcing you to kneel on glass,” I said.
“I can see it’s killing you to say any of that, but the truth is you should’ve apologized without being told. You know damn well we didn’t do a thing to you.”
She gave a little nod.
“I understand.”
A moment later, Cassian spoke up.
“Alexis apologized. Can we go now?”
He stepped forward to leave, but Emmett blocked him.
“Last warning,” he said flatly.
“Stay away from my sister. You show up again, try to stir anything else up, I won’t just use words next time.”
Cassian’s mouth tightened.
“I didn’t come here to start anything. It’s Rachel’s wedding. I got an invite. I’m representing the Langfords. What was I supposed to do, ignore it?”
Emmett narrowed his eyes.
“You know exactly what I mean.”
Then he turned to Alexis.
“The Rivera family’s company is in trouble. This engagement’s a business move, isn’t it? You’d think that’d be reason enough to stay in line.”
“I…” Alexis began.
“The Langfords might pull your company out of the hole,” Emmett steamrolled over her words.
“I can just as easily drop you into a deeper one. Think that through.”
Alexis licked her lips and gave a small nod, trying to look composed.
She failed.
Emmett wasn’t done.
“Yvaine is my sister. Not Cassian’s ex. You need to understand exactly who she is. If you’re going to start something, you’d better be damn sure you and your family can handle the consequences.” 2
I resisted the urge to clap.
Alexis managed to mutter, eyes down, voice flat.
“Understood.”
Cassian cut in, “Alright. It was a misunderstanding. It’s sorted now. Let’s go.”
It was Sebastian who stopped him this time.
“She apologized. You haven’t.”
Cassian blinked.
“Me?”
He actually pointed to himself, as if Sebastian had mistaken him for someone else.
“I wasn’t even here when they started fighting. I have no clue what was said. What the hell am I apologizing for?”
Sebastian looked at me.
“You yelled at Eleanor. I heard you.”
Cassian scoffed. He stared at Sebastian like he’d lost his mind.
“You’re joking, right? I barely said three words. That’s “yelling” now?” He swung his hand toward me.
“Her tone was worse than mine. Did she apologize to me? No. But I’m the one out of line?”
Sebastian shrugged.
“Didn’t hear her.”
Then he glanced at Emmett, who nodded.
“I didn’t either.”
Cassian looked between the two of them like they’d grown matching horns.
His face went red from the neck up.
“You’ve got to be kidding me. Selective fucking hearing? You hear me loud and clear but nothing from her? All right. Fine. You want an apology? Here it is-” He snapped his head towards me.” Sorry. Happy now?”
He looked like he wanted to put his fist through something.
Definitely not sorry.
He fixed me with a glare, breathing hard.
“That good enough for you?”
I rolled my eyes in reply.
He turned like he was about to stalk off again.
“Hold on,” I called.
“You haven’t apologized to Yvaine yet.”
He froze.
For a second, I thought he was about to keel over.
He yanked at his tie like it was choking him.
One of his shirt buttons shot off and pinged across the floor.
“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. What am I even apologizing for now? I didn’t say a single thing to her.”
“You took sides. You knew who started it, and you still backed Alexis. By that, you implied Yvaine and I lied.”
Cassian exhaled hard through his nose.
The muscle under his cheek bunched like he was chewing glass.
We all stood there, forming a hostile circle around him.
“Fine!” He turned to Yvaine, arms flung wide.
“I’m sorry, all right? Happy now?”
He pointed at Sebastian, then Emmett.
“You two want one too? Go on, take a number. Sorry, Sebastian. Sorry, Emmett. All of this? Totally my fault. What a fucking disaster I am”
He was shouting now.
Sebastian barely looked at him.
“We’re good. Get out.
Cassian spun around and left.
Alexis trailed after him, heels tapping fast against the tiles.
The second they were gone, the air changed.