Page 35 of Playing a Player (Sweet Cravings 1)

He gave me his panty dropping smile.

"Rory, it was."

"Well, anyway," he said as he stood up. "It's good we got that out of our systems. Now we really can just be friends." He lightly slapped me on the back as he put his slice of toast in his mouth and walked back to his bedroom.

What?!

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I wiped under my eyes with the back of my hand and pressed the number for Emily's apartment. The door buzzed open. I grabbed it and slowly made my way up the stairs.

As soon as Emily opened her door, her face fell. "Keira?" She stepped to the side so I could walk in.

"Is that the food?" Emily's husband, Jim, said as he walked into the room. "Oh, hey, Keira. Um, I'm just going to..." he pointed to something and left the room. He must have seen my face.

"What the hell did he do to you?" Emily sat down on the couch.

"He didn't do anything," I said as I took a seat next to her. "Last night was perfect. He's so perfect."

"No one's perfect, Keira."

"He is. He's everything I've been looking for."

"You always do this."

"Do what?"

"Build people up. He's not perfect. He's a player. He's probably slept with a hundred women. That's disgusting. You don't want to be with a guy like that."

I felt sick to my stomach. "I do." I dropped my voice so Jim wouldn't be able to hear me. "It was the best sex I've ever had."

"Well it should have been. He's had enough practice."

"Emily."

"Keira! You knew you could never do a one night stand. Why the hell did you sleep with him?"

"I couldn't help it. He's just so..."

"Womanizing?"

"No. Sexy."

"Okay, so you had a great night. Maybe you should just talk to him about it."

I started to cry again. What the hell is wrong with me? "I did. I told him I never wanted that stupid roommate pact. I even told him I thought he was really handsome."

"And?"

"He said he was glad we got it out of our systems. And that now we could really just be friends."

"Ouch."

"Yeah." I wiped away my tears again. "How am I supposed to live with him now? I'm going to have to listen to him having sex with other women every night. I can't do this!"

"I realize that this is not the right time to do this, but..."

"Don't you dare say it, Emily." I tried to pout but her facial exp

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