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He looked at me, frowned, then looked away. “Barlow, I–”
“It’s fine, Lombardi,” I said softly and it was. “Just like I knew what could happen if I kept hanging out with you, I knew what would happen after that. Once you’re bored, you’ll move on. I don’t expect anything else from you.”
He scoffed, but I didn’t think he was annoyed with me. He sat up, leaning his elbows on his knees. “They all say that, until suddenly it’s forgotten and they think they can change me.”
“Roman…” I chastised and I sat up next to him when he finally looked at me. “This, here? There are no expectations, okay?” I cupped his cheek. “We’ve had fun, but that’s all it is and I get that. I mean no offence, but you’re hardly the guy I want to introduce to my parents as my boyfriend.”
He huffed a laugh. “No. Carter is far more the right guy for that job.”
I shrugged. “I don’t know.” I ignored the pointed, quizzical look he threw my way. “My point is, I know you’re not. I know we’ve had a good time these holidays. Hell, I’d hazard to say we’ve got close. We’ve even had some legitimate moments. But aside from the whole sex thing, we can’t be more than friends. And, I’m okay with that.”
He looked at me sceptically. “You’re really okay with that?”
I was okay with that. He’d told me numerous times that he wasn’t the kind of guy who did more – I’d seen plenty of evidence to suggest he wasn’t the kind of guy who did more – and I wasn’t sure he was the kind of guy I wanted more with. I had come to like him, but if he didn’t do more then I wasn’t going to let myself fall for him and get my heart broken.
I nodded. “I mean, the idea that you’ll probably sleep with other girls at the same time doesn’t fill me with rainbows. But, I don’t expect you to change who you are just because we’ve had…something…”
“Let me get this straight? Piper Barlow is willing to just have casual sex? With me?”
I snorted and lay down. “It’s less that I’m willing to have casual sex with you and more I don’t want to stop hanging out with you. If the sex happens, then the sex happens. If it doesn’t…” I shrugged.
“I never thought I’d see the day.”
“Yeah, me either.”
And, Iwassurprised. But, I enjoyed Roman’s company, as weird as it was to admit it. I really enjoyed his company and I really enjoyed having sex with him. Besides, it wasn’t like this would last long. I still fully believed that we’d get back to school and things would go back to the way they always had. Although, maybe we’d still be friends of sorts.
“Well, fuck me!” he breathed.
“Yeah, I think I covered that one. Quite spectacularly if reviews are to be believed.”
He spluttered a laugh. “Who the hell are you? And what have you done with Piper Barlow?”
I shrugged. “Apparently, a right fucking makes a girl less afraid to speak her mind.”
He rolled on top of me with that pure, happy laugh and tickled me, making me giggle like an idiot.
