CHAPTER SEVEN
ANNA
Melanie wrinkled her nose. "I can't believe you're seriously working with my ex-boyfriend."
"It's not by choice, believe me."
Melanie swirled her wine, considering. We hadn't seen each other in two weeks—I'd been busy with work, she'd been busy chasing after a new guy—and we had a lot to update each other on.
"There were a lot of red flags when we were dating, but he was so hot I ignored them." Melanie shrugged. "And the s*x wasn't bad, either. That might've been why I kept Rowan around for so long."
I winced inwardly. I did not want to know the details of Melanie and Rowan sleeping together. And I absolutely could not tell Melanie that, despite his asshole behavior, I was stupidly attracted to Rowan anyway.
"You guys were pretty young," I hedged.
"I mean, we wer
