Page 43 of Sweet Addiction
Nothing is going to help.
I look around, not sure what I’m looking for until I decide pillows are going to have to do.
I steal two of the three Rome was sitting against, then add two of the three on what I’m assuming is my side of the bed. These will have to do. And like a tweenage girl at sleep-away camp, I stack them in a line down the center of the bed. “This is the line of demarcation. Do not, under any circumstances, cross this line, or I swear I will gut you like a pig.”
“You ever gutted a pig, Ryan? There’s a lot of blood. Gets pretty messy.” His lips tip up on one side, and for an overly longsecond, I wonder if he’s gutted a pig. What the fuck? It doesn’t matter. None of this matters, and I leave him alone in his room. “Where are you going?”
“To get water. Is that allowed? Or wait... Am I on lockdown too? Not only am I being blackmailed, but maybe you want to add what—being held captive to your list of blue-collar crimes.”
“Dillan...” His voice softens as he follows me down the stairs, but it’s too damn late.
“I take medication, Rome. I need a goddamn glass of water, and I need you not to speak for the rest of the night. I need space and time to process. I haven’t exactly had much of that today. So just stop speaking.” I look up at him, and the tiniest bit of the fire dims because I recognize the look in his eyes. It’s a look that mirrors one I know well. And for that reason alone, I lower my shields the tiniest bit. “Please?”
“Space,” he echoes back before walking ahead of me into the kitchen. He grabs a glass from the cabinet and fills it with water. “Make a list of anything you need, and I’ll make sure you have it. It’s just two months, Dillan.”
I think this might be his way of waving a white flag, hoping for a truce, but it’s too little, too late.
“Two months,” I whisper as I take the glass of water. “I’ve faked worse for longer.”
Badass Book Club
Ryker
Has anyone gotten to chapter ten yet?
Lexie
Dude, Rome and Dillan come out of the closet with their own enemies-to-lovers romance, and you’re talking about chapter ten?
Ryker
I can’t be the only person who figured they’d been going at it for months, right?
Rome
Watch it, cousin.
Jamie
I kinda figured it’d been going on for a year or so.
Killian
Not gonna lie, I’m not surprised.
Kaleigh
Shocked the shit out of me.
Lucky
Same, K.
Lilah
Not me.
Dillan
