Chapter 9

“Doesn’t matter. You reached out, and they helped you set up the app.” He shrugged. “Their job is done.”

Nix didn’t explain that Jules wasn’t some tech support for the app, or whatever Logan envisioned him to be. There was no reason to tell him they were both reading the same book. “It’s to show Kyle I’m not stupid.”

Logan groaned. “Fuck Kyle—”

“I already did, and I want to do it again.”

Logan rolled his eyes. “And here I thought you were developing as a human being.”

Nix snorted. “Clearly not.”

“No, clearly not.” Logan crossed his arms over his chest. “I don’t get it, dude. The guy is making you question your self-worth, he’s mean, he laughs at you in public, and you still want to go back.”

“He wasn’t like that when it was only the two of us.” A notification lit up Nix’s phone and his fingers itched to open it.

“Doesn’t matter. You deserve better.”

Nix shrugged. Did he?