She pouts a little, pinching my cheek. “Yes. I like you, Damien.”
 
 “I, uh, I like you too.” My cheeks feel like they’re on fire, and she laughs, cups my face with one hand to kiss me softly.
 
 “You’re cute. Like a little boy sometimes, confessing a crush.”
 
 “Oh, it's more than a crush.”
 
 She gets up on one elbow. “Oh? Do tell.”
 
 “I’m not telling you shit. I’m pleading the fifth.”
 
 “This isn’t court.” She laughs, sitting up cross-legged and nude.
 
 It’s distracting, but I manage to keep my eyes on her face.
 
 She frowns a little. “Do you think Dom is okay?”
 
 I frown back. “Are you thinking about Dominic right now?”
 
 She flushes deeper. “No, it’s not like that. I just mean... he’s seemed a bit off.”
 
 “He’s always a bit off.”
 
 Dominic is a bit unhinged.
 
 She barks out a laugh. “Not like that. Just... like he’s going through something.”
 
 “We're all going through something, aren’t we?” I feel a little defensive.
 
 This is hard on all of us, not just Dominic.
 
 Her face softens. “I’m sorry. I just... I don’t have anyone else to talk to, except for Roland and Marie, and even they don’t get this.”
 
 “It’s complicated.” I pet her hair back from her face.
 
 “It’ssocomplicated. But I’m glad you’re a part of it.”
 
 “You are?”
 
 “Of course, I am.” She pouts again, and I kiss her bottom lip.
 
 She smiles, and my chest aches.
 
 “I’m glad to hear it. Sometimes I feel...”
 
 She climbs on top of me, straddling my lap and cupping my face to make me look at her.
 
 “You can tell me anything.”
 
 I huff. “I feel a little out of place. You have history with Dominic and Sebastian...”
 
 “I have history with you, too.”
 
 “It’s not the same.”
 
 “It’s better,” she insists, and I frown at her.
 
 “How so?”