Page 64 of My Vampire Plus-One

“Right,” I repeated. “I’ll just take my bedroom and you—” I’d been about to tell him he could sleep wherever he wanted, given that this place had several bedrooms. But maybe, given my undeniable attraction to him, and how very muchnotokay it would be if I gave into it, that wasn’t a great idea.

“You can sleep in the kids’ room,” I said. “It has a bunch of toys in it and stuff, but it’s very comfortable.” It was also at the exact opposite end of the house, just in case I woke up in the middle of the night and forgot how terrible an idea it would be to crawl into bed with him.

He blinked at me. “The kids’ room?”

“Yes,” I said. “There are two twin beds in there, so you’ll have two different beds to choose from. I think that’ll be a lot of fun, don’t you?”

I tried to tamp down the wave of…somethingthat came over me at the look of disappointment on his face. Ishouldn’twanthim to be close to me while we slept. Not if I had even an ounce of sense.

“Okay,” he said. “That’s…fine.”

“Great.” I nodded.

“Good,” he said. “Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going get my things from the car before it’s covered in a foot of snow.”

He left the room, and I flopped down on my bed. As if on cue, my phone buzzed with a new text.

SOPHIE:You’re snowed in with your fake boyfriend??? ALONE????? Are you KIDDING ME????

I groaned.

If nothing else, this would definitely be a memorable weekend.

SEVENTEEN

Text exchange between Reginald Cleaves and Frederick J. Fitzwilliam

REGINALD:Where does Cassie get her food

REGINALD:Also what does she eat

FREDERICK:Her food?

FREDERICK:To be frank, her taste in food is disgusting. Even if I were capable of eating human food I don’t think I would ever willingly put something called “Hot Cheetos” into my body.

FREDERICK:Why do you ask?

REGINALD:I need to get some human food

FREDERICK:I guessed as much. But why?

REGINALD:A human friend has dietary limitations that her family doesn’t respect

REGINALD:Which is total BS if you ask me!!!!!!

REGINALD:And I just thought I’d buy her some food she can eat to show her not everyone ignores her needs

FREDERICK:Since when do you have human friends?

REGINALD:I’ve always had human friends

FREDERICK:Liar.

FREDERICK:This is for Amelia isn’t it.

REGINALD:No

REGINALD:Absolutely not

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