Page 14 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 10
"Kristen," I said. "Let him explain." Part of me really hoped he was telling the truth. What he had done was bad, but if nothing else happened, it was forgivable. I wasn't going to flush my relationship down the toilet just because Chris got drunk and Gabriela can't keep her top on. It was partially my fault, anyway. If I had just been a good girlfriend and stayed to help him celebrate winning a gold medal, none of it would have ever happened.
"Can we talk in private?" asked Chris.
"Yeah," I said. "I think we should."
"Are you sure?" asked Kristen.
"Yeah. Go ahead and get the movie ready and I'll be right in."
She looked disappointed with me, but she didn't argue.
As soon as she was gone, Chris flashed me his charming smile and tried to hug me. I pushed him off.
"Your smile isn't going to get you out of this," I said. "Start talking."
"What's there to talk about? Nothing happened."
"Well, I wouldn't say that. I mean, those pictures pretty clearly showed you hanging out with Gabriela at Club Blue. You know I hate her."
"Yeah," said Chris, rubbing his forehead. "I was too drunk to realize it was her. I just thought it was some random girl coming to hang out with us. If I had realized it was her, obviously I never would have done it."
"Done it? Done what, Chris?"What the fuck did he do?
"Hung out with her."
"That's it?"
"Yeah. Like I said, nothing happened."
"Then why'd she have her top off?"
"I don't know. She just randomly took her shirt off."
"Lucky you. Did she randomly have sex with you too?
"What? No!" Chris threw his arms up in exasperation.
"You know, I'm pretty sure she fucked three guys yesterday, so she probably gave you AIDS. I hope you enjoyed getting sloppy fourths."
"What are you talking about, Alina? How many times do I have to tell you that nothing happened?"
"If nothing happened, why'd you seem so guilty when I confronted you after my game?"
"How'd I seem guilty? You didn't even give me a chance to talk."
"You got really upset and asked me where I got the photos. If nothing happened, you would have just laughed it off."
Chris shook his head, but he didn't say anything.
"Well?"
"I got upset because I didn't even remember hanging out with her. I thought someone had photoshopped that picture to try to mess with me or something."
"If you can't remember anything, then how do you know that nothing happened?"
"I didn't remember it this morning. But seeing the picture made it all come back. I clearly remember leaving with Bill and Adamand going back to the swim team house. You can even ask them. They'll tell you."
I took a deep breath and tried to process everything he'd said. It seemed like he was telling the truth.
