Page 26 of Last Second Chance

I hesitated. It was humiliating, but I might feel better if I talked to someone about it. Summer wouldn’t judge me, right?

“I...uh...I threw myself at him. I went to his room after the bachelorette party and—”

“So, that’s where you disappeared to last night.”

“Yes.” I could feel my face warm. “I got this stupid idea in my head that since we were talking again, it would be a good idea to rekindle the flame, so to speak.”

“So, you slept together?”

“No. That’s the problem.” I swallowed hard. “I told him I wanted him, and he didn’t have sex with me.”

The waitress reappeared as I said those words, and I felt my cheeks flush with my shame. I just couldn’t stop embarrassing myself. I kept my eyes focused out the window until she was gone, leaving behind a plate of sushi in front of each of us.

“Wait a minute, are you saying Scottrejectedyou?” Summer asked when we were alone, sounding nearly shocked. “I don’t get it. Everyone knows he wants you back.”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’s the reason I hatched my brilliant plan to seduce him. But now I’m completely humiliated. I mean, I threw myself at the man, and he wouldn’t even let me touch him.”

I didn’t tell Summer that he’d used his fingers to make me come. It just made things worse. It felt like something he’d done out of pity, and that thought made me feel so pathetic. In my drunken state, I’d enjoyed it, but in the harsh light of day, I wished I’d just left when he made it clear he didn’t want me back. Waking up in his arms this morning with the memory of what happened last night in my clear mind was horrifying.

“Maybe you should just talk things out with him,” Summer suggested. “I mean, you’ve always been crazy about the guy and trust me, you’re lucky to have someone your family approves of. It’s hard when they don’t. Ben and Scott are such good friends.”

“You know what’s funny?” I asked as I picked at my sushi. “I always thought that Ben would have a problem with me dating Scott, but he never said anything when we first got together.”

Summer’s brow furrowed. “Are you serious? You don’t know?”

“Know what?”

“Ben was totally against Scott dating you,” Summer said, waving her chopsticks in the air. “He forbade it back when Scott first told Ben he had feelings for you.”

Confusion washed over me. “What are you talking about?”

“Michael told me all about it. A couple years ago, before he asked you out for the first time, Scott told Ben that he wanted to date you. Ben told him ‘hell no.’”

I gaped at her. “I might have to kick his ass.”

“He obviously came around,” Summer pointed out, shrugging. “From what I heard, Scott fought to be with you until he eventually earned your brother’s approval.”

“And how did he do that?” I was dying to know.

“You might not want to hear this with what’s currently going on, but I guess that Ben backed off when it became clear that Scott was crazy about you.”

Damn it.Hearing that just made me care about Scott even more than I already did. He had been fighting for me, from the very beginning, even though I didn’t know it. Not only that, but he’d spent most of this week trying to get me to give him the time of day.

But that didn’t explain why he rejected me last night. It didn’t add up.

Unlesshe realized that I wasn’t what he wanted after all. Maybe I took too long to hear him out.

Did I miss my second chance with him?

CHAPTER12

Scott

Something was seriously wrong. I had been trying to get a hold of Poppy since she left my room this morning. She hadn’t answered any of my calls, responded to my text messages, or been in her room all day.

Orshe had been in her room, but not opening the door when I knocked. I didn’t like that scenario, either.

Hell, I didn’t like any of this. I had no idea why she would be avoiding me. After last night, I thought that things were moving in the right direction.

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