Page 94 of Devil's Bargain

“Get off the fucking crackers. They’re moldy!”

“I’ll just scrape it off.”

“Urgh, gross!” She comes back on the line. “Sorry about that. The big baby has arrived, and like a real one, he needs supervising.”

“I heard that!”

I smile softly.

“So back to you. You had phone sex with him while he was getting a blow job?”

I groan and drag a hand down my face. “It’s bad. I know!”

“It’s interesting.”

“April, whose poor mind are you fucking with?” Josh shouts in the background.

“Why is it interesting?”

“Well, I didn’t take him for the type to do something like it.”

The twinge of jealousy returns with a vengeance as I think of Madeleine between his spread thighs. I groan again, sinking down lower on the backseat. “Why am I jealous? I don’t like it!”

“Just fuck him!”

“I can’t! We’re just friends.”

Laughter bubbles out of her. “April, friends don’t have phone sex.”

“I don’t know what to do?”

“You’re jealous because you like him. You need to tell him how you feel!”

This time I do scoff. “No! He’s a footballer!”

“So?”

“Nina!” I lean forward and prop my chin on the front seat. “He’s one of the most popular guys at school.”

“So?”

“He’s rich. I’m not.”

“So?”

I blow out a breath. “He’s Emily’s ex.”

“Yeah… That complicates things.”

“I’ve got shit going on in my own life. I don’t need to complicate things any further.”

“So don’t be jealous then.”

She makes it sound so simple. “Sure, I’ll just press a button and make it stop.”

“Fuck someone else.”

If only she knew.

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