Page 142 of The Nicest Thing
She opened her mouth, but I cut in.
"Her computer sparked and nearly caught fire.Event security was called to make sure everything was okay.Luckily, we didn't have to evacuate.And later, I literally admitted to never having an orgasm with another person until last night."
Emmy put her hands over her ears and started humming."I didn't hear that last part.Nope."
"Sorry," I muttered then pointed to my chest."See?Awkward."
She smiled, dropping her arms back to her sides."You're one of the coolest chicks I know, Rose.I bet everyone there saw that."
I scrunched my nose in disbelief.
"Or at least, they had to sense it," she amended."Anyway, a lot of people have never had an orgasm with a partner.I read it online."
"Have you…?"
Emmy lifted a brow."I'm not answering that."
"That's what I should've said," I mumbled, putting my head in my arms.
"But you didn't.You told the slightly embarrassing, yet totally natural truth, and it made you so much more relatable to everyone in that room."
I peered up at her."It did?"
"Hell yeah, it did."She shot me a smile."The truth is always better, right?"
My stomach clenched at that, reminding me of the lies I'd been telling recently, but I said, "Sure."
After we brought the drinks back to the table, I wanted to slide into my seat next to Finn.
But while I was gone, someone had taken my place.
I tried not to read too much into it.
Tried and failed miserably as Keely Starr smiled."How's it going, Liv?"
"Fine," I said, shifting from foot to foot.Should I ask her to move?It would be rude.But did I really want her sitting so close to my…God, what was I supposed to think of Finn as now?My best friend?My boyfriend?My fake husband?My real love?I didn't know anymore."Emmy and I got the drinks," I added lamely.
"Thanks," she said, grabbing her margarita and taking a sip."Did you need something else?"
"Um…"
"You're in her seat," Emmy said.
Keely's innocent look wasn't believable in the slightest."Oh sorry, I didn't realize."
"Sure, you didn't."
As Keely shot her a glare, I loved Emmy a little more.
Retaking my seat, I breathed a sigh as Finn's arm settled over my shoulders—then swallowed a gasp as he laid a kiss on my neck.
"Missed you," he murmured into my skin.
"We were gone for like five minutes," I said.
"Still.I missed you, my Rose."
I looked into his eyes, falling deeper and deeper into that piercing gray.
