Page 13 of Going for Gold (Sweet Cravings 3)

Images of Club Blue and Chris getting drunk with Gabriela filled my head and tears welled up in my eyes.

"Uh, okay. No drinking. How about we stay in and watch a movie?"

I nodded.

Kristen gave me a hug and then we got up and headed towards our dorm.

Chapter 6

Sunday

Alina

Our plans for a nice, relaxing movie night were ruined when we got to the dorm and found Chris waiting outside.

"Get out of here," said Kristen, blocking his path to me.

Chris tried to get around her to talk to me. "Can I at least explain what happened?"

"No," snapped Kristen. "She doesn't want to talk to you."

"But I didn't even do anything wrong. Yes, I was hanging out with Gabriela after you left, but nothing happened."

"Yeah, okay," said Kristen. "So she just had her tits out for no reason?"

"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."

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