Page 93 of Game Changer
“Told you what?”
“He told me—” he leaned in “—that he loves me.”
If Elena was surprised, her face didn’t show it. “Did he?”
“He did!” Kip said, and proceeded to tell her the whole romantic story.
“Wow,” she said when he had finished. “That’s a big deal.”
“I know!”
The server came and took their orders. After he left, Elena said, “Have you told Scott about your potential new job?”
“I will. If they offer it.”
“And what if they don’t offer it?”
“Then there’s no reason to mention it?”
Elena rolled her eyes. “I mean what areyougoing to do if you don’t get that job?”
“I don’t know! Keep working at fucking Straw+Berry, I guess.”
“You’re wasting your talents there.”
“No,” Kip said irritably. “I’m earningmoneythere.”
“So you’re not going to quit and live off your millionaire boyfriend who is in love with you?”
“Of course not! You know I would never do that. I feel bad enough that I have to depend on myparents’generosity. I know he’s got money, but...”
Elena didn’t say anything for a moment, but she looked at Kip approvingly. “I know you wouldn’t throw your life, or your dignity, away for a guy,” she said, “but I don’t like seeing you selling yourself short either.”
“I’ll figure something out,” he grumbled.
Later, when they were finishing their meals, Kip asked, “Did you dance with anyone interesting at the gala?”
“You mean besides your charming boyfriend?”
“Yes, and I was not jealous at all, by the way.”
She smiled. “I did, actually.” She leaned in and whispered the name of a somewhat famous young actor.
“Whoa! Good dancer?”
“Mm. He was good at sex too.”
Kip nearly choked on his water. “I figured you’d be going home with someone that night.”
“Oh yeah. Took me a while to round it down to my top five, but I think I made the right choice.”
“You gonna see him again?”
Elena made a face and shook her head.
Kip laughed. He had always been deeply envious of Elena’s game. She was just socoolabout sex.
“Do you think it’s weird?” he asked later, after they had stepped outside into the cold night.
