Chapter 634

Chloe and Connor had just left Riverbrook College, completely unaware that Winston and Cassie were also driving out of the parking lot. After Winston had hurried Cassie into the car, they sat there for a moment, not in any rush to leave.

Winston was fuming. "You blew up when people said you were androgynous, like a firecracker ready to go off. Connor nearly called you a woman just now, and you took it without a word. Do you really like Chloe that much? Enough to put up with anything for her?" "And I didn't see Chloe sticking up for you, Cassie. Why keep pretending everything's okay?"

Cassie just shrugged, lighting a slim cigarette. She took a drag and let the smoke curl around her, her face a bit hazy through the smoke. "It's not that big of a deal, Winston. You're blowing this out of proportion."

Her calmness only fueled Winston's frustration. He couldn't decide what irked him more: Connor's jabs or Cassie's nonchalance. Or maybe it was something else entirely a feeling he couldn't quite shake, like an itch he couldn't scratch.

just Chloe's lapdog. But what's the point? Chloe's married now. Waiting around isn't going to change that. She doesn't

how he used

always kept his distance when it came to meals with friends. With Chloe,

Yet, when Cassie was mocked, it felt like a thorn pricking at his heart. Cassie,

was dark, his gaze locked on her. He was genuinely angry, a

just kept

it, I'm Chloe's lapdog. So what if I like her? I was abandoned by my dad when I was a kid. She's the most important person in my life. You don't understand what we have, so don't try to intervene. I don't need you to fight my

she figured that would put an end to their friendship. Winston seemed to have a thing against women. Lately, he'd been avoiding every woman she introduced him to, treating them like the plague. Even a simple touch had

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