Page 101 of Wicked Lord

“Lexi’s the type of girl that’ll drop anything for a friend.” I started toward Davenport Dormitory. “Killian can bitch and moan all he wants, but it won’t stop Lexi from hurrying over if Cordi needs her.”

“So much for Lexi dropping everything,” Lorelei said as we entered the girls’ opulent dorm room after calling Lexi and Killian twice with no luck.

I gently laid Cordelia on her bed, the white covers rumpled as usual. “Maybe they just aren’t by their phones.”

Lorelei snorted. “Or they’re screwing and aren’t interested in answering.”

Crimson bloomed into her cheeks at the mention of sex. We’d be doing that very thing right now if the girl I was trying to win over hadn’t interrupted us.

I pulled Cordi’s sandals off and tossed them by her mahogany desk that was cluttered with nail polish and makeup instead of books. “They have to come up for air at some point. In the meantime, I’ll stay with her. You don’t have to stay...”

“Are you sure?” Lorelei curled a lock of blond hair around her finger, the light shining through the stained-glass windows casting rainbows across her sun-kissed skin. “I could keep you company. If you want.”

Before I could answer, Cordi groaned and threw her hand over her eyes. “Why is the room spinning?”

Lorelei grabbed the small waste basket in the corner, dropping it by the bed as Cordi rolled over. Instead of puking, her bloodshot eyes lifted to the blond.

“Can you get me some water?” She pointed to the mini fridge in the corner.

“Sure.” Lorelei crossed the room and opened the fridge, her short skirt almost revealing her underwear as she bent forward. “There’s no water.”

That underwear should be on the floor of my Jeep right now while I?—

Stop thinking about it!

Cordi whimpered and buried her head in the pillow. “I’ll go to one of the vending machines down the hall.”

Lorelei sighed and grabbed Cordi’s purse. “I’ll get it, but you’re paying for it.”

I mouthed a thank you before she vanished out the door. Then I folded down onto the edge of Cordi’s bed. “How much did you drink?”

She peeked her head up from the pillow and rolled onto her back.

“After Lexi ditched me, I stayed at the Sigma Delta house and had a few shots with Slate.” Cordelia hiccupped. “And then I stopped by the Alpha Tau Omega house and had a few more shots. Those guys are such lightweights.”

My brows furrowed, and I brushed her hair back from her face. “I know you like to have fun, but getting this hammered in the middle of the afternoon isn’t like you. You almost got hit by a car.”

Her bottom lip trembled as moisture collected in her eyes. “I guess I’m just sad.”

“Why are you sad?”

“Because I did the stupidest thing ever.” She wiped at a stray tear, smearing her makeup. “I let you go.”

My pulse froze for a few seconds. “What do you mean?”

Cordi sniffled as more tears streaked her face. “I knew you wanted to be more than a casual hookup, and instead of just giving you—the best guy I’ve ever met—a chance, I tossed you aside. Now you’re with Lorelei, and I’m all alone.”

My throat tightened as the words I’d longed to hear finally tumbled out of Cordelia’s mouth. Could it be true? Did she really want to stop running and give us a shot?

“I didn’t think you felt that way about me,” I whispered.

“I guess losing you made me realize how much you meant to me.”

Could I trust her words when she was this obliterated? For all I knew, she’d claim to never remember this conversation once she sobered up.

And instead of jumping for joy that Cordi might be finally coming around, images of a certain blond beauty kept flashing through my mind. The thought of losing her gutted me.

At some point, the line between real and fake got so blurred that it disintegrated. Even as Cordi poured her heart out, Icouldn’t help but wish I was back in my Jeep with Lorelei. I wanted to get lost in her and watch her fall apart beneath me.