Page 88 of Counting On You

It hurts like hell.

“Think your roommate wants to fuck you considering he’s, you know?” Sylvie says.

I roll my eyes. “Of course, he would. He’d fuck anything that walks on two legs, but he hasn’t offered yet.”

“He hasn’t tried to touch you yet?”

“Not even a peck on the cheek.” I shake my head a little too vehemently in the hope that Sylvie will buy my bluff. “He’s like a big brother.”

“You don’t date your brother.”

“I told you. It wasn’t a date, per se.” Pausing, I sit back and think back to the night he slept on the floor. “He’s a decent guy.”

Sylvie lets out a laugh. “I wouldn’t call someone who runs around naked decent, and particularly not when he doesn’t care who sees him.”

“Well, he is. He hasn’t done it again.” Which is a shame, really. I wouldn’t mind seeing Kade naked a second time

She cocks her head to the side, her eyes narrowing. I look down quickly, realizing that maybe I shouldn’t have defended him.

“Why do I have the feeling something happened between you two?” Sylvie asks.

I stare at her, unsure what to do.

She couldn’t be more spot on, but if I deny it, she might not believe me. If I don’t deny it, she might take it as a confirmation that she’s right.

Basically, whatever I do, I’m in trouble.

Sylvie’s expression reflects that she’s growing more suspicious by the second.

I have to find a way to act like nothing happened.

Except, I can’t. The whole situation is too ridiculous. Too complicated.

I feel embarrassed to even think that I was the one who did the chasing.

“You want to,” Sylvie says matter-of-factly.

I bite on my lip, afraid to say the wrong thing. The right thing.Anything at all.

As if sensing my dilemma, Sylvie leans forward. My whole body tenses, and I brace myself for whatever discovery she might make next.

“Why don’t you hook up with him?”

I stare at her, taking in her grin. “He’s my roommate.”

“And?”

“It’s against the rules.”

“Everyone’s breaking at least one rule around here. You wouldn’t be the first.”

Is she joking? I can’t tell.

“Are you saying you’re…” My heart beats faster when she nods her head.

“It’s a lonely place.”

“Oh, my God. You scared me. I really thought you were going to tell someone.”

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