Page 63 of Break My Heart
‘You, trying to deny it.’
‘There’s nothing to deny. I’m not dating her.’
‘Maybe not, but you’re sleeping with her.’
I glance away.
‘Hey, man, I don’t care what you do. It’s none of my business. But you don’t need to lie to me.’
‘It was one time, and it’s not happening again.’
‘Yeah, right.’ He chuckles.
‘Okay, maybe it’ll happen again, but it’s just sex. We’re not going to date. How did you even know?’
‘You wouldn’t get that pissed at Milo if you didn’t want her for yourself.’
I sigh. ‘Yeah, I was worried that might give it away.’
He half smiles. ‘You really like this girl.’
‘It doesn’t matter if I like her. It can’t go anywhere. If I got involved with her, I might tell her something I shouldn’t.’
He nods. ‘I get that.’
‘Don’t tell anyone about this. I know you’re new to town, but I’m sure you’ve figured out how people gossip around here. I don’t want some rumor starting that I’m with Gina.’
He nods again. ‘Understood. I’ll let you get back to work.’
I try to work, but can’t. Every time I start to, my thoughts go back to Gina. I keep imagining her with some other guy. It’s notoften a hot girl moves to town, and when it happens, every guy wants to date her. If Gina wants a boyfriend, she’d have plenty of guys to choose from. She can go out with whoever she wants. I need to be okay with that and accept that she’s not mine. But damn, I wish she was.
Chapter 14
Gina
‘You’re going to meet his parents?’ Aria asks as I race around the office, trying to find the tax form I know I printed out.
‘I’ve already met his parents. His mom only invited me because I’m new to town. She’s just being friendly.’
‘Okay, wait.’ Aria grabs my arm, stopping me.
‘Aria, I need to find this form. It’s due this week. I know it’s here somewhere.’
‘Just print out a new one.’ She stands in front of me. ‘I know you don’t like talking about personal stuff but there’s something going on with you and I’m pretty sure it has to do with Sawyer.’
I sigh. ‘Fine. We slept together. Are you happy now?’
She smiles. ‘Did this happen last night?’
‘This morning. But it doesn’t mean we’re dating. Neither one of us wants a relationship.’
‘Was it just a one-time thing or—’
‘I don’t know. We didn’t talk about it.’ I look behind her and see the form on the floor. ‘Found it!’ I race over and pick it up.
Aria’s right behind me when I turn around. ‘I think you like him.’
‘I think you’re only saying that because you’re a romantic who wants everyone to fall in love.’
