“Isn’t it a bit early for a movie?” She ambled over and sank down beside me.
“Nah. We’ll do it all night if you’d like.” I winked at her suggestively.
She gave me a shaky smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes.
Those fuckers broke my baby B. It really pissed me off.
“We can talk,” I said.
She shook her head before sliding up the mattress on her bottom. She sank against my pillows. I followed a moment later, settling in next to her.
“What would you like to watch?” I looked over at her.
“Something happy.”
“Something happy it is,” I said, moving to a comedy.
I just wished I could make her happy. How fucked up was that?
Thirty-Nine
Bianca
We watched three movies back-to-back-to-back in Vincent’s room before the screen dimmed without him moving it onto the next movie.
“I hate this,” he said with a sigh.
So did I. Both Dominic and Levin had left me high and dry. And God, I’d told Dominic I loved him. How pathetic was I? It had settled in my guts over the past week. It had been a stupid move. He’d been avoiding me ever since. So had Levin, which wasn’t unusual. They’d left Vincent to look after me. I was sure he had better things to do. Even if he did, he didn’t seem to mind.
“How about we play a game?”
“Aren’t we already?” I asked dryly.
Vincent smirked at me. “Come on. It’ll be fun.”
I sighed. “Fine. What is it?”
“We tell each other a secret. I’ll go first.”
I looked at him. He was willing to tell me secrets? He gave me another smile and lifted his brows, waiting for my answer.
Screw it.
“OK,” I said, staring up at the ceiling.
The room was dark, the only light coming from the TV screen frozen on the Netflix dashboard.
“OK. I’ll go first,” he said, sinking back next to me, his arms folded behind his head. “I lost my virginity to a twenty-something-year-old escort on Halloween four years ago.”
“What?” I looked over at him.
“Dom’s dad had a party. Big event. Everyone who was anyone was there. His dad paid money for this escort for Dom. Dom didn’t want her.” He shrugged. “She was paid for, so I did it.”
“That’s gross.” I wrinkled my nose at the information.
“It was a hellavu lot of fun. I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing, but I learned quickly. That way I didn’t have to disappoint someone I cared about later. It worked out for me.” His head tipped back, his face impassive.
“Did you at least use a condom?”