I resisted rolling my eyes. She was so dramatic.
“I’ll go with you,” Raven said. “I honestly haven’t seen all of the school yet. Maybe you could give me the tour.”
I glanced at her, surprised. She had to be over my mother just as much as I was but I could tell she was grateful. This was her way of saying thank you. She was such a better person than I was. I didn’t deserve her.
“I’d love to have you along, Raven,” my mother said. “I’m glad to see you were raised with some manners.”
“Why don’t we all go?” Zach said.
“No,” my mother responded quickly. “I’d like some girl talk for a change. I’m surrounded by males all day. It’ll be a nice change.”
I clenched my jaw, trying not to overthink what her intentions were for this private chat with Raven. I was pretty sure this was her plan the whole time.
The woman was crafty.
Well played, mom. Well played.
“Want me to take that to your room for you?” I asked, pointing to the box in Raven’s hand.
“Sure.” She handed it to me, then dug her keycard out of her pocket. “You can leave the key in my room. Ben has a spare.”
The table got very quiet and Raven’s face turned crimson.
“I lost my key once and got a new one. I gave it to him when I found my old one since he’s my neighbor,” she said quickly.
“That makes sense,” I said, trying to help her. We all knew why he had a key. Though it wasn’t like their relationship was a secret.
A flicker of jealousy rose into my chest but I quelled it quickly, reminding myself that this morning, it was my cock inside her. Not Ben’s.