“What is it?” She asks quietly, and she looks up at me with so many different emotions playing in her eyes that I’m worried my heart might just crack.
I take a deep breath and try to force the words out of my throat. It’s harder than it should be. This should be a simple confession, but the truth is that it’s a little bit embarrassing and a whole lot of strange.
What if she judges me?
What if she doesn’t want me after this?
I have money, sure, and we share a child, but...
What if this is the final straw?
“I haven’t...since that night.”
She shakes her head, confused.
“What?”
“I haven’t, you know.”
“Cage, what are you talking about?”
“For dragon’s sake, woman! I haven’t had sex since we were together!” I blurt it all out in a huge rush, and Alicia’s eyes go wide.
Chapter Ten
Alici
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“Me too,” I whisper, but I can’t tell if he’s being serious right now.
He is, isn’t he?
He’s totally for real.
What are the chances, though?
What are the odds that neither one of us would have had sex in the last five years for no reason at all except that we didn’t?
“You haven’t?” He blinks, looking at me.
“No.”
“Why not?”
“I mean, I have a kid.”
“So? Lots of single mothers have sex.”
“Oh, and you have experience with this?” I ask drily.
“No,” he shakes his head. “I literally have no experience with that. I just told you that like, a second ago.”
“Oh, right,” I blush, swallowing hard.
Shit.
This is going to be harder than I thought. Neither one of us has had sex in years, and for me, I’ve only ever had sex once. He asked me a question though, and I feel like I should give him an answer.