Page 58 of The One That Got Away

‘Everyone says silly things when they’re drunk, so you’refine!’

Jasmine waved her hand in the air as if it was no big deal. But the look on her face and the way her voice went all high-pitched when she saidfinetold me otherwise.

‘Whatsilly thingsdid I say?’ My heart raced. ‘Please. Tell me.’

‘You sure you really want to know?’ She avoided my gaze.

‘Yes!’

‘Okay, well…’ She took a deep breath. ‘You kind of said that you and Max were going back to your room to…finally fuck.’

‘No!’ I gasped. ‘Seriously?’

‘Yes.’ Jasmine nodded.

‘Please tell me that’s all I said?’

That was bad enough, but I had to be sure.

‘Well, after that, you said… listen, it doesn’t matter.’

‘Jasmine,please!’

‘You said that Max was going to give you his big cock and lots of orgasms and you wouldn’t be able to walk tomorrow.’

My stomach plummeted about a zillion miles below the earth and my jaw crashed to the floor so hard, I was surprised it didn’t shatter the concrete path.

‘Oh, God!’ I covered my face with my hands. ‘I’m so embarrassed!’

‘Please, don’t be. I’m sure I’ve said much worse after I’ve had a few.’

Jasmine was trying to make me feel better, but that was impossible.

‘What did Max say?’

‘He just said you’d had a lot to drink and he was taking you to your room to sleep it off.’

‘Shit.’

Poor guy must’ve been horrified. Having a drunk woman falling all over him wasn’t exactly attractive. He didn’t fancy me before, so he definitely wouldn’t like me now.

‘I can’t go on the boat trip.’ I shook my head. I had no idea how I was going to look Max in the eye now knowing what I’d said.

‘Why not?’

‘Too embarrassing.’

‘The thing is,’ Jasmine gestured to a table and chairs for us to sit at, ‘when we’re drunk, we lose our inhibitions and that’s often when the truth comes out. I know you and Max have had your differences, but although the delivery and wording wasn’t exactly what you might’ve chosen if you were sober, do you think there might be some truth to what you said?’

I didn’t even need to think about it. The answer wasyes. But I couldn’t let Jasmine or Max know that.

‘It’s complicated.’

‘I hear you. Have you and Max spoken about what happened in the past yet?’

‘We spoke this morning.’ I winced again, as I wondered what he must have been thinking about my behaviour last night.

‘And?’

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