Page 51 of Faith

“What?! Did you tell Micah about that too? I swear, you really?—”

“Calm down. I didn’t tell him.”

“Good.” Then she sighed. “How was it?”

“Talking to Micah? Same as always.”

“Nicola!”

“Okay, it was hot, wet, and I couldn’t think straight for at least half an hour.”

“I knew it. Youhaveto say yes.”

She rolled her eyes. Serenity still had daydreams and fantasies in her head. She claimed to be a realist, but she wasn’t. Not really. She was still the child star who dreamed of a happier life. At least she had it now with her guys. Serenity just couldn’t understand that not everyone got a happily ever after.

“No, I don’t. There are complications. Think about that.”

“Like what complications?”

“Like I work for him.”

“And?”

“That’s…well that could be bad. I mean, what happens if things go wrong? Think about how awkward it will be if one of us is ready to end it and the other isn’t?”

“Oh, honey, you’re in love with him.”

She fell back on her mattress and silently cursed best friends. “No. Maybe. I don’t know.”

“If you are, you’re worried that after you leave the islands, he’ll just be back to being a Dom with others and you’ll be left out there on your own.”

Her heart sank. “Yeah. Oliver was hard enough to get over. And he sucked as a boyfriend. I know Jensen is an excellent Dom.”

“It’s more than that and you know it.”

She wanted to deny it, but she knew she couldn’t.

“Remember when I was trying to figure out what to do about the guys?” Serenity asked. “You told me to take a chance. You need to take a chance again. It’s been years since you’ve had a relationship.”

“I have relationships all the time.”

“You have sex. Albeit probably good sex, but not relationships. Those take time.”

“We have ten days left here.”

“And you have known him for four years. It will mean more.” She paused. “Unless you are a coward.”

“Don’t even try that with me, woman.”

“Why not? It works. Just think about it in the context of trying something new. You need to challenge yourself. I think your issue lately—which you have complained to me about—is that you find a lot of Doms boring right now. Maybe you need to try for a deeper connection. Maybe you and Jensen can find that.”

“Okay. I have to go now.”

“Why?”

“I have a lot to think about.”

Serenity laughed. “You do. Ta.”

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