Page 339 of His Virgin Romance Series

“You’re a better person than me though,” Miles said. “You’re kind and compassionate and forgiving… it’s harder for me.”

“Don’t you want a relationship with your parents?” I asked.

“Well… I mean I do… but—”

“Then you’ve got to work for it,” I said. “Didn’t you tell me that it was your mother that called and asked you to come to the house to collect your old paintings?”

“I… yes.”

“Well, don’t you think the timing’s a little odd?” I asked. “I mean… you’ve been living separately for years now. Why call you now about those paintings? Maybe that was your parents’ way of trying to make a connection with you. Maybe that was their way of inviting you back home.”

I saw Miles’s eyes grow wide a little and I realized that he hadn’t thought of that before. He was so used to believing that his parents didn’t care about him that he hadn’t even considered the fact that they might also want to try to mend their relationship with him.

“I… will you excuse me for a moment?” Miles asked.

“Of course,” I said, giving him a smile of encouragement and a kiss on the cheek before he went to his room and closed the door.

I cleared up the plates and then went to the living room. I reclined back on the sofa and decided to give Leah a call. We hadn’t spoken in quite a while, and I missed her.

“Well, well, it’s been a while, old friend,” Leah said dramatically when she picked up.

“Ha, ha… it hasn’t been that long.”

“How’re things going with the new roommate?” Leah asked.

“With Miles?” I asked. “Actually they’re going pretty great…”

“Ah-ha, have you slept with him yet?”

“What?” I gasped. “How did you know?”

“What!” Leah said. “Oh my God… did you?”

“Shit,” I said, realizing that she had just been making a joke.

Leah started laughing. “I can’t believe you finally lose your virginity and you don’t even mention it to me. So typical of you.”

“It’s embarrassing to talk about.”

“Why?” Leah asked. “I told you about my first time.”

“We were teenagers,” I said.

“So?”

“I’m an adult… it’s different.”

“Forget that,” Leah said impatiently. “Tell me… how did it happen? When did it happen? How was it? I have so many questions.”

I laughed and checked to see if Miles was coming out soon. “It was… amazing.”

“How did this even happen?” Leah asked. “I mean… I knew you were attracted to the guy, but I also thought you wanted to avoid complicating things.”

“I did,” I sighed. “But he was hot, and I was weak. It’s weird though… we have so much in common, and we get along so well. It’s made me think…”

“What?”

“I don’t know… I guess I’ve been fantasizing about china patterns and things.”

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