He'd been expecting to get something out of that white lie. Something along these lines was also expected. But it still was a surprise. A hurtful one, at that. He'd been trying to fool himself into thinking there wouldn't be someone else. That this time he'd beaten Angel, made it to Buffy first, and that they were in a situation where they might finally make things work.

Silly Spike. He knew, of course, they'd never work.

But he already hated whoever this new man was.

"Glad to know your taste in men keeps improving. Brushes his teeth too, does he?"