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“I know, that was a fucked thing to do, but I didn’t want to lose you, and I didn’t think it’d ever happen again. I thought it was just all the champagne and whatever he was drinking and just…”
“Preston,” she admonished me, before sighing.
“I know. Feel free to yell at me. Throw something. Throwmeout the window.”
“They don’t open. But I might actually need that paper bag after all, because ew. You couldn’t choose someone else’s dad?” She dropped her hand back into her lap. “I mean, you’ve joked about thinking he was hot, but I didn’t think you were serious.”
I didn’t even bother trying to deny it. “Where do you think you get your good looks from? Yeah, he’s hot.”
“And he…” She swallowed hard, her face starting to contort. “He kissed you back?”
Kissed me, felt me up…let me come over his hand last night…
“Yeah, he did, but then he acted like it never happened, so I didn’t know if he even remembered it. But then I went to his office to help with the Winter Ball stuff, and there was all this tension and I wanted it to happen again.”
Serena was just staring, hanging on every word like she wanted to know but didn’t. “And did it happen again?”
I shook my head. “No, he kept turning me down. Can you believe it?”
“Can I believeyouare the one pursuing my dad? Not in a million freakin’ years. Who are you? And what the hell happened last night?”
Oh God, like I wanted to admit the whole embarrassing ordeal to anyone, much less Serena. I’d leave out the dirty details, but I supposed she deserved to know what her fake boyfriend had been getting up to when she wasn’t around.
“Okay, I’ll preface this by saying I’m not proud of my behavior, but he might’ve texted me that I was a mistake and the kiss was a mistake, and Imight’velet East get me a little drunk?—”
“You letEastgive you drinks?”
“Shots.”
“Oh my God.” She dropped her face into her hands, and her voice was muffled as she said, “Go on.”
“So I was drunk and a little pissed about the texts, and I might’ve shown up on Archer’s?—”
“Archer’s?”
Shit.“—your dad’s doorstep and basically forced my way inside, and…” I didn’t need to go further than that. “I mean, we didn’t do anything…” Not like I didn’ttry. “But I want to, and that’s the problem, and that’s why I’m here.”
It was dead silent for way too long, so long I thought maybe she’d fallen asleep in her hands. But then she lifted her head, propping her chin on her fists.
“You like him.”
I hesitated, then nodded.
“And you think he likes you?”
I nodded again.
She looked past me, thinking that over.
“So basically, you seduced my dad.”
“Um. Yeah.”
“Twice,Preston.” She held her fingers up just in case I didn’t hear, but I was pretty sure the entire showroom heard that.
“I know. I didn’t plan it, but when I got there and saw him, it just kind of…happened. You know how it is.”
“I know how it is?” She cocked her head to the side. “Yeah, I’m not sure that’s a great argument. You see, I’m not trying to sleep with your father.”
