Page 42 of Finally Us (Next Generation 5)

“You know I never dated Matt, right?” I figured there was no point in beating around the bush and just came out with it.

“This is not a conversation I want to be having over the phone,” Vince said, his voice curt.

“Your sister said that you wanted her to tell me that you were dating someone too. Listen, Vince—”

“No, Gigi. You listen tome,” his deep voice sent a shiver down my spine. “I wanted to start that damn rumor because I heard about how that fucker was all over your pretty little body, so yeah, I wanted my sister to lie to you.”

“Why?” I whispered, gripping my phone tight in my hand.

“Because I was jealous.”

“Oh.” I wasn’t actually expecting him to answer honestly.

“I’ll be right there,” he said, his voice muffled.

“Who are you talking to?” I asked, frowning.

“I’m at a friend’s place trying to fix their plumbing issue. Because I work in construction and renovations, they get me to do all the nasty shit.”

“Oh okay.”

“Vin, you coming?” came a female voice.

My body stiffened. A feeling slid up my spine. It was something foreign to me. Something I had never felt before and I wasn’t sure if I liked it.

“Yeah, one sec. Gigi, I have to go.”

I swallowed hard; my throat suddenly dry. “Oh.” I coughed. “Okay.”

“What’s up?”

“Nothing.” But somethingwasup, and I couldn’t figure out what it was.

“Gigi.” His voice took on a warning that told me not to lie to him but how could I tell him the truth when I didn’t even know what that truth was?

“I’ll let you go and see you when you get here. Or if you want to wait until tomorrow, that’s fine too. Either way, I’ll see you tomorrow for sure.” I disconnected the call before he could question me further. I didn’t like this feeling sitting in the pit of my stomach. Whatever it was, it hurt.

I couldn’t get the female voice out of my head. And she called him Vin. I rolled my eyes at that.

She could just be a friend. Or a friend’s girlfriend. There was no harm in that. I had guy friends. It made sense. And I trusted Vince. But if I trusted him, why the hell did this uneasy feeling start poking at me, putting all these thoughts in my head?

I sighed, grabbed the bottle of wine off the counter, and went back to the living room.

“There she is,” Meadow said, a yawn rippling through her. “I have to go. I’m getting knocked on my ass and not in the good way either.” She laughed at her joke.

“I should go too. Zach wants some mommy time before Benjamin demands my attention again.” Luna waggled her eyebrows.

“That sounds like a whole other kink I’ve never explored.” Meadow laughed. “Yet.” She winked.

“You’re disgusting.” I giggled.

“Night girls.” Piper blew us a kiss.

We said our goodbyes and I shut down the laptop. That killed another ten minutes but what would I do while I waited for Vince to show up? If he even decided to come over tonight.

My phone rang again, my stomach twisting when I saw that it was Vince calling me. “Hey.”

“What was that about, Gigi? I’m now in my car, on my way to you because I keep thinking my girl is pissed at me for shit I haven’t done.”

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