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balcony and ate her dinner. She looked over at Mike’s apartment and noticed the lights were on but he wasn’t outside.
    She thought about earlier in the day when they were at the dress shop. His reaction to her in that dress was unnerving to her. She didn’t understand why he left so abruptly. She knew she had self esteem issues but she was trying to move past them.
    She got up and took her empty plate into the kitchen. She heard Mike’s door open and slam close as he ran down the stairs. She walked across her apartment and watched him cross the parking lot and onto the beach. He walked down the wooden path and sat at the water’s edge.
    She knew she shouldn’t follow him but she decided it was time to make a friend. She grabbed her light sweater and laced up her sneakers. She followed down the same path as he did and walked slowly behind him.
    She could see that he was just staring at the water. He picked up a rock and chucked it into the water. She walked beside him and looked down. “You ok?”
    He jumped up startled. “You scared me to death!”
    “I’m so sorry. I heard you storm out of the building and wanted to make sure you were ok.”
    He watched her closely. “Why would you care about me?”
    Madison didn’t know what to say. She was taken aback by his stare. “I’m looking for a friend, Mike. I thought you could use one right now.”
    He blinked a few times and smiled. “I’m sorry for my outburst. I think she did a number on me and trusting people will be hard for me.”
    Madison nodded. “I can understand that,” she paused. “Do you want me to leave?”
    “No. I need a friend too.”
    She smiled. “Do you want to tell me what happened?”
    “Her name is Jennifer and she is trying to destroy me. My family comes from money and is known around this area. We met at a club about six months ago and she lured me in. I’m normally very cautious about whom I date because I don’t want to ruin my family’s reputation but there was something about her.”
    He sat down on the beach again as Madison followed his direction. “I’m going to assume that your breakup wasn’t good.”
    He chuckled. “You could say that. I invited her into my life. Come to find out, she was sleeping with a friend of mine. I caught them at a club together in a dark corner by the bathroom.”
    Madison gasped. “Oh my God, that’s….” she trailed off in thought and blushed.
    Mike smirked noticing the change her in breathing. “I’m not going to comment about that right now because of information I learnt about you today.”
    Madison got mad. “I’m trying to be your friend but you are turning into a jerk.” She got up and started to walk away from him. She felt his hand wrap around her arm.
    “ Madison, I’m so sorry again. You are right. I’m acting like a jerk. I didn’t mean anything by that comment.”
    She snapped around. “Yes, you did! You know that I lost virginity today. That means I have no experience in the sex game. But what you don’t realize is it’s because I grew up in a household that overlooked me. I’m the little sister of a hockey superstar. No one cares about her. I missed out on everything in my life because my parents couldn’t give a crap about me. I didn’t have my first kiss until I met Hunter. I only read about the passion that you get from real relationships in my romance novels. So maybe I don’t know what it feels like to be thrown against a wall in a dark corner of a bar and have that kind of passion rip throughout your body but it doesn’t mean I haven’t dreamt about it!”
    Mike stared at her and closed his eyes briefly. “I really bring out the anger in you, don’t I?”
    Madison wiped her eyes and couldn’t believe she had just unloaded onto a stranger. “No, you don’t. It’s been a whirlwind the past twenty four hours and I just need some sleep.”
    “Come on, I will walk you home. I don’t need you to get hurt and Longo to kick my ass.”
    Madison