Chapter 226 The Despicable Man

Jaxson could not quite put his finger on what he was feeling, but it hurt to see Elinor so hung up on Augustus. "He's played you, and you're still in his corner?" Elinor's laugh was detached and out of nowhere. What gave Jaxson the right to throw around accusations? Who was the real deceiver here? "You've got it all wrong. I've always known he and I don't swing the same way. However, what of it? He's never lied to me. All the years I've known Augustus, he's never once tricked me. Where do you get off talking to me like that?" Elinor's comeback stumped Jaxson. Their own relationship had not started in the usual way, and they had had more than their fair share of bumps in the road. Still, that was no excuse for Jaxson to hurt Elinor. Jaxson could still recall the times Elinor had probed him about what was going on between him and Diana. He never gave her a straight answer, dodging the truth that, deep down, Diana held a special place in his heart—a place that, perhaps, was a