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“But…”
“No buts.” He laughed as he stepped toward my door, cupping a hand around the brass-colored handle.
“Goodnight, my little drugged sweetheart.”
He flicked off the light and disappeared through my door, leaving my loopy self alone in the silence of my dark bedroom. But as much as my heart ached for him not to leave, it was also buzzing at the fact that he’d called mesweetheart.
That word floated through my head, a soft and honeyed nickname that looped like a lullaby, until I descended into sleep.
Chapter 16
Ididn’t know if it was a side effect of the drugs or exhaustion from one of the most overwhelming nights of my life, but I slept until almost noon the next morning.
When my eyelids first fluttered open, it took a moment for it to all come back to me. I repeated each event to myself, one by one, as I attempted to piece it all together.
I had fainted during prerelease night. Devin took me to the hospital. I found out that both my period pain and my sexual issues were the result of a medical condition, and they could be fixed.
Also…I sat up, running my fingers through my messy curls.I think Devin and I are…together now?
Sprinkled in between the facts of the night before, I relived all the emotions I’d felt. I remembered the way he looked at me in the hospital room. The way my heart exploded like fireworks when we kissed. How this time, there were no more secrets. No more running away. I’d finally confessed, and he still wanted me.
Lastly, I remembered my hormonal, drug-addled self attempting to seduce him in my bedroom.
And that part made my cheeks flush with embarrassment.
Concerns still lurked in the back of my brain. I feared that he might change his mind down the road, depending on how long my sexual issues lasted. Even after I recovered from the surgery, I didn’t know if I’d be able to do the deed right away.
Surgery.
My stomach fell. I’d never had surgery before. Not even for my wisdom teeth, which were still buried well beneath my gums.
A faint tap on the door knocked me back to reality. There could be only one person standing outside my bedroom, and I knew that she was itching for details on the night before.
“Hi Cass,” I greeted with a smile as I swung the door open.
She stood with her arms crossed in the hallway, her eyebrows narrowed and a knowing smile spread across her face.
“Alright. Tell me everything.”
“Everything?” I trilled in a sarcastic tone as I raised an eyebrow. “Not sure if I can do that. I was pretty messed up last night.”
“He didn’t… did he?”
“What? No.” I shook my head. “He tucked my delirious self in bed and left.”
“Good.”
“I may have protested, though.”
Cassidy laughed. “Just to clarify—you’re together now? You figured out whatever mess happened last week?”
I sighed. I’d already braved telling Devin the truth; I needed to tell my best friend my secrettoo.
“Yeah…I have a lot of explaining to do. And so do you, missy! What happened with you and Aaron?”
Cassidy’s smile disappeared, and her arms unwound from her chest and fell by her sides. “That also involves a lot of explaining. I’ll tell you what, I haven’t had a full weekend off in forever, so let’s go do something fun.”
“Like what?”
