Page 77 of Beautifully Complicated

“Bennet,” Damien says.

“Oh, I thought maybe we were talking about Aiden’s man. When do we finally get to meet him?”

“You told?” I accuse Damien, feeling myself go pale.

“To be fair, we said your secret would stay in the house, not with me and Bennet. But no, I didn’t tell.”

“How do you know there’s a man?” I ask Jagger.

“You’re never here, and you can’t study that much.” He shrugs and grabs the Gatorade from me.

“Hey,” I protest, even though I didn’t really want it.

“Blue is Cam’s favorite flavor, and I’m supposed to be getting him a drink after I—”

“Don’t say it,” I try to head him off since I knowfucked his faceis how that sentence ends.

Jagger shrugs. “So, who’s the guy and when do we meet him?”

Damien looks at me, imploring, and I wave my hand in ago aheadmotion.

“Aiden met a super-hot science guy and hooked up with him last year, and now that guy is a teacher here. Nothisteacher, but they sort of work together so it's very hush hush until after graduation.”

That… was actually a really good explanation.

Jagger’s eyes travel over me, appraising. “I didn’t know you had it in you.Nice.”

“Had what in me?”

“Seducing an older man. How much older are we talking about here?”

“Ten years,” I mumble.

“Do you call him Daddy?” Jagger asks.

“Eew, no,” I answer as Damien says,I was just gonna ask that, and fist bumps Jagger.

“I’d call an older man daddy,” Damien says.

“TMI,” I tell him, but he shrugs dismissively. Apparently, his lack of a filter knows no bounds.

“So, back to the important stuff. When do we meet him?” Jagger asks.

“You don’t. Not until after graduation because while it’s not technically against the rules it does sort of look that way so we’re not saying anything.”

“You’re giving the milk away for free then.” Jagger shakes his head.

“I… what?”

“It means fucking without a commitment,” Damien clarifies most unhelpfully.

“I know what it means, why would you say that?” I ask Jagger.

“This twink on YouTube says that when people send him messages asking to hook up.”

“You watch a twink on YouTube?” I balk, because Jagger and twinks are… it just doesn’t compute.

“He’s got a ton of followers, so I was looking for ideas. Plus, he’s funny as shit.”

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