Chapter 52

"No! You just close your damn mouth and listen to me," I hissed. "I've had enough of you interrupting me. I don't want to hear another word from you until I tell you, you can speak," I ordered. I saw Eric back away to give us some privacy in my peripheral vision. "I tried so. Many. Times earlier tonight to explain the whole situation to you. Eric is gay and had no intentions of making any advances towards me - not that that should even freaking matter, Ken. You're my boyfriend and you've known me our whole lives, yet you somehow can't trust me around another man? After all this time, you should know that I would NEVER do anything to jeopardize what we have. When I told you I loved you, I wasn't just saying it to say it. I said it because I meant it," I exclaimed emotionally. He opened his mouth to respond, but I cut him off. "Did I say you could speak yet?" I asked rhetorically. "No," he mumbled, hanging his head in shame. "I didn't think so. I know what you'r