Too Pretty to Be Your Backup novel Chapter 96

“I’ll let her cool off. Once she’s had some time to think, this whole thing will blow over.”

Mateo groaned and buried his face in his hands. He genuinely felt hopeless for Travis.

Unbelievable. The guy was a total disaster when it came to relationships.

Mateo looked up, fixing Travis with a serious stare. “You keep saying she needs to cool down and think. But what exactly do you want her to think about? What is it you’re hoping she’ll figure out?”

He started to mimic what Amanda might be thinking. “‘Oh, Travis will totally choose me over Leila. I mean, I’m his fiancée, right?’ ‘Wait, except we’re not even engaged, so I’m not really his fiancée.’ ‘Travis always treats Leila differently. Every single time, he picks her over me. He even traded me for Leila once. Why would he ever give her up for me?’”

Travis' expression darkened with every word. His jaw clenched, and the mood in the room got heavier.

“Enough,” Travis snapped, cutting him off. “She doesn’t think like that.”

Mateo patted him on the shoulder. “That’s what you think—but you’re not her. Travis, you can’t just assume everyone sees things the way you do. And let’s be real, girls are sensitive. She loves you, but if all she gets from you is coldness and disappointment, that love is going to run out eventually.”

“And honestly, what you’re doing right now? It’s called giving someone the cold shoulder. That’s emotional neglect, man.”

For the first time, Travis' confident mask slipped, doubt and regret flickering across his face.

Mateo sighed inwardly. “If you go back and try to make it up to her now, you might still have a shot.”

He only said that to comfort Travis, out of loyalty to their years of friendship. But honestly, if he were Amanda, and Travis had tossed him aside for Leila, he would’ve quit hoping long ago.

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