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“The breakup. Oh Lord, HayHay. Have you actually said the words it’s over to him yet?”
“Why should I?” I countered, aghast. I didn’t want to talk to Topher ever again. “I walked into my dorm to see him shoving his dick into my roommate. I think it should be freaking obvious it’s over between us.”
Teagan snorted. “With an ego as big as his? Yeah, right.”
I glanced at her warily. “What do you mean?”
She shrugged. “He just seems like the kind of guy who thinks he can sweet-talk his way out of anything. I guarantee you he feels one hundred percent confident he can patch things up.”
“Well, he one hundred percent can’t.”
“Then, Lucy’s right.” Be
ntley cringed as she set her hand on top of mine. “You actually need to tell him that to his face.”
I gnawed on my bottom lip before mumbling, “But I really don’t want to talk to him.”
Lucy sighed. “Then I vote for rebound sex with the hot new roommate!”
I glanced at her and scowled. “Except I live with Wick! I’d have to freaking move if we...you know...”
“Might be worth it.” Bentley tapped her chin thoughtfully, glancing at the place Wick had been standing. “I’m just saying… He’s really hot.”
“I gotta admit,” Bella agreed on a serious nod. “I might even cheat on BOB for someone like that. He just has this quiet, intense…yumminess about him.”
“He reminds me of JB,” Teagan murmured on a happy sigh. “All serious and brooding hot. Like a pressure cooker, he contains everything inside, which means he’s probably just as explosive in bed whenever you, you know, unbottle him.” She glanced at me. “Yeah, you should totally tap that.”
Oh God. My girly parts gave a thrilled little quiver of expectation. They were definitely on board with the idea. Just looking at Wick made things inside of me stir. But to my cousins, I shook my head and gritted out, “Please don’t say that.”
“What?” Lucy asked, furrowing her brow in confusion before she lowered her voice. “Holy shit, are you not attracted to him?”
“Of course, I am!” I hissed, lowering my voice and glancing toward the kitchen entrance, hoping he wasn’t right around the corner, listening in on us. “But he’s my roommate.” Why did I have to repeat that? “And I like him. He’s been nothing but nice and helpful to me. I don’t want to use him like that.”
“Most guys would actually appreciate being used like that,” Bentley started. “I mean, no-strings, commitment-free sex he doesn’t have to pursue or even leave his own home to get. Why would he mind?”
“True,” Teagan agreed. “Couldn’t hurt to at least ask him for his thoughts on the idea.”
I shook my head because, in theory, it all sounded fine. Great. Move on and get all this gross, embarrassed pain out of my system by screwing my ex’s archenemy. That sounded awesome to me. But the actual execution of it seemed so much more daunting.
“I wouldn’t even know how to ask,” I started.
“Oh, honey. You don’t even have to say the words.” Bentley waved a hand like some kind of authority on the subject. “Just prance around him in something slinky and seductive, and he’ll be the one begging for it.”
“I don’t know,” Teagan countered thoughtfully. “If he’s anything like JB, and he seems to be exactly like my man, you have to go just a little bolder than that. I had to crawl on top of JB naked before he finally noticed me.”
“Or that would work too,” Bentley said, pointing Teagan’s way. “I can’t see the naked approach as ever failing. Especially since we all know he wants to see your boobs.”
As everyone around me cracked up, I cringed. “God, my parents are such gossips.” Just as I suspected they’d be.
“Man, I wish I could’ve seen Uncle Brandt’s expression when he told you he didn’t want to be your roommate because he wanted to see you naked,” Lucy hooted.
“You guys are crazy,” I said. “I haven’t even known this guy a total of five days yet. I can’t just seduce him.”
“My sister,” Bella murmured on an approving nod before she held up a fist for me to bump. “I totally get that. I can’t do the casual-sex thing, either.”
“She should at least try it, though, to see if she prefers casual, after all,” Lucy argued. “She’s twenty-one, just got out of her first and only serious relationship. This is frankly the best time for her to explore and discover what does suit her.”
“I have a feeling I like commitment and relationships,” I admitted on a cringe. “Besides, what happens if I try something casual…” I glanced toward the doorway again. “With Wick, and then I want more, but it was just helping-me-rebound sex to him? Then I have to live with him after that and watch a slew of women move through his bedroom, while I’m over here, still wanting more. I don’t know if I could handle that.”
