Page 79 of Released from the Sin Bin

“That’s shite I don’t need to know, Kandi.” Finn wipes his mouth, responding with a heavy Irish accent and taking a long swig of his beer.

“Long distance sucks and I have needs.” Kandi points her martini glass at the screen, showing Luca again as he comes back on the ice. “My vagina needs that man’s cock.”

“I’m sure every vagina needs one,” I add, enjoying Kandi’s openness.

“You are absolutely right.” She grins at me and leans forward to speak quietly to Willa. “Have you had sex since Vic?”

“What? No.” Willa vehemently shakes her head.

Well, that answers the question if she told anyone.

“What happened to Hines giving you his number?” Kandi is either oblivious to the rest of us listening in or doesn’t care.

“Hines?” Finn questions them. “Don’t go out with that guy.”

“I’m not.” Willa eyes all of us, lingering on me before looking down at her food. “I deleted his number.”

“I’m not telling you to go out with him, but you need a good one-night stand to get that jerk out of your system.” Kandi purses her lips and takes a sip out of her martini.

“I don’t…” Willa laughs uncomfortably and drinks her half empty beer. “I’m not good at one-night stands. I need to trust the person, and I’m good. I don’t need to have sex.” She straightens in her chair and takes a small bite of her chip.

She’s acting weird. Besides being uncomfortable with talking about sex, she isn’t acting like herself. The Willa I know would’ve stuffed that entire chip in her mouth and asked Kandi more about that custom dildo.

I don’t like this side of her.

“I’ll be right back,” I announce and take a break from the tension filled fake table.

I need air, but I left my coat and a bathroom break will have to do.

Chapter 19

Willa

Carter gets up and heads to the bathroom, and their fake smiles disappear.

“See? He’s not so bad once you give him a chance.”

The three of them roll their eyes at me.

“Are you really not hooking up with him?” Alex eyes me to get the truth out. “I told Luca I’d keep an eye on you.”

“No, I’m not.” The guilt is eating me up, but it’s not a complete lie. We had sex one time. That doesn’t count.

“And what about Hines?” Finn jumps in. “He’s even worse.”

“What do you have against Chris Hines?” Kandi steps in to help me out.

“I just don’t like him.” Finn looks away, hiding something.

“Uh, huh.” Kandi folds her arms over her chest, but Alex nods in agreement.

“So much worse.”

Well, at least they’re warming up to Carter. A year ago, they would’ve said Carter was the worst there ever was.

“I had no intention of calling him. He gave me his number, but I’m not at all interested.” That’s three guys on the team that all warned me against Hines. With how intense Carter was about it, I deleted his contact the next day.

“You’re acting weird tonight.” Kandi pats my hand with her blue nail to get my attention. “Carter is fine. You don’t have to act any differently so that we like him. This is the first time I’ve seen you out of leggings in months.”

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