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“Was it awful?” she asks quickly. “I’m so sorry. Those guys are so annoying.”
“Why didn’t you tell me they’re Alphas?” I ask, going with that first, because it’s not linked to strong emotions and I’m still feeling kind of raw.
“Oh,” she says. “I don’t know. I didn’t really think about that. They’re four guys who own a house in a rich neighborhood. I kind of just assumed you knew, I guess. Sorry, Saph. I honestly didn’t think it mattered.”
I let out a sigh. “Of course it matters. I’m an Omega, Scarlett. If I forgot my suppressants …”
“But you didn’t, did you? You never forget that stuff.” Now, she’s back to sounding like her usual overconfident self, and I’m starting to feel really annoyed.
“I didn’t, but I could have. Then, what?”
“Then, maybe you find out you’re never going to perfume like me, or maybe you have a fun week with a bunch of Alphas you’ll never have to see again?”
“Are you kidding me, Scarlett?” I feel my voice raising and I press my lips together.
“You could use a little fun, Sapphire. Especially after …”
“They’re in love with you! I’m not going to sleep with a bunch of Alphas who wish I was you, Scarlett. I might be hopeless when it comes to men, but I’m not that desperate.”
“What? They’re not in love with me,” she scoffs.
“Of course they are!” I complain. “Why the hell do you think they made that bet with you in the first place? They’re seriously into you, and I can’t believe you didn’t tell me this was the real reason you didn’t want to come out here.”
“The real reason? I don’t know what you’re talking about, Saph.”
“Just … Tell me you don’t have feelings for any of them.”
“I don’t,” she says, sounding certain. “Sapphire, I’m sorry for however they’re acting, but I’ve never shown the slightest bit of interest in any of them, and there’s a good reason for that. They’re not my type and they never will be. I don’t care how boring I get, I’ll never in my life get so boring that I would ever think about settling for the Alphas next door.”
“Well, it doesn’t seem like they’ve gotten that message,” I grumble, not really sure why I’m still mad at her. It’s not her fault they’ve fallen for her, like most guys she meets. It’s not like she led them on. I know she would never do something like that.
“Then they’re dumber than I thought, and I’m sorry you’re stuck with them.” She pauses to sigh. “Do you want to drop this and come home?”
“I don’t know,” I admit, not feeling comfortable enough to confess I might like the guys who like her.
She can’t do anything about that, and I have no idea what I should do about it.
They don’t like me. They don’t even know I exist.
Scarlett hasn’t told them she has a sister, let alone an identical twin.
“It’s okay if you want to come home, Saph. I’ll still go to that resort for you if you want me to, either way. Or we can forget the whole thing. That’s okay, too. I’m fine with whatever you decide. This is your rodeo.”
She means it, and I wish that made the decision simple.
I let out a sigh.
I don’t want to run away from my feelings, but letting something happen with those Alphas would be a bad idea, too. Leaving would end this whole charade, but if I did, I wouldn’t want to go back to the reality of my own life right now, either. I know I can’t get on that flight, and I’m not ready to face the fact that the job I’ve been working toward is too far out of reach for me.
I didn’t go to college and live for years as a Beta just to take a bottom of the rung job that I can never call a career.
“I don’t know what my stupid neighbors have said or done to upset you, Saph, but they don’t love me, okay? If they’re attracted to how I look, well, then, you need to take a look in the mirror and remember we’re identical. They don’t know enough about me to love me, or even to like me, really.”
“You’ve lived beside them for three years, Scar.”
“And we’ve let them come to what, six parties in all of that time? That’s nothing, Saph. They mean nothing to me. Like, seriously. They don’t even like Chaos Burning. Who doesn’t like Chaos Burning?”
“A bunch of firefighters who maybe don’t like the message that band relays?” I ask, making her laugh.
