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The worst part was, it had snuck up on me. I hadn’t even realized I was catching feelings for him until I saw him with Gina.
I moaned at the recent memory.
Truth be told, I was mad. I wasn’t mad at Dominick. He and I were not in a relationship. He had never committed himself to me, and he had every right to be with whoever he wanted to be with. I was mad at myself.
But why Gina?
I straightened my spine.
Nope.
“No, no, no, no, no, no,” I said to myself out loud. “Knock it off.”
Gina had probably hooked me up with Dominick because she knew he was good in bed. I didn’t think that was something I could ever do—have sex with someone and then hook them up with another person—but I wasn’t her, and I needed to let it go.
Dominick wasn’t mine. I had no right to feel territorial. And I needed to get over it.
I needed to end thesex arrangementthing we had going on before my feelings got worse.
My first instinct was to grab my phone and text him right away to tell him we were done, but I stopped myself. Not only was I driving, but also, if I did it out of nowhere, it was going to look suspicious. He was going to know something was up. And I absolutelydid notwant him to know I had seen him tonight. I didn’t need humiliation added on to jealousy and the little touch of heartbreak I was feeling.
I would just tell him no the next time he messaged me.
If only I could not think about it until then. I needed a distraction.
My sister was a quick contact on my car’s display, and I hit the Call button.
“Hey, what’s up?” Kat said when she answered.
“I just had dinner with Mom and Dad.”
She groaned and laughed. She was the diversion I needed.
* * *
It turned out, I didn’t have to wait long for Dominick to text me.
The next morning, after I cleaned my whole apartment, he messaged me.
D Appointment:How was your night? Did you miss me?
“Probably not as fun as yours,” I said in a snotty tone.
Me:It was fine. I had dinner with my parents.
I didn’t answer the “miss me” question.
D Appointment:I’ve been lying here, thinking about you.
“You didn’t have enough sex last night? Jeez.”
I dropped my arm and used my free hand to rub my forehead.
I was not being fair to Dominick. I was letting my anger with myself be rude to him. I hated that I had to remind myself that he had done nothing wrong. I was the one who had caught feelings.
Me:I’m sorry, Dominick, but I think we need to end this thing we have going on. I recently took on more cases at my work, and while it’s been really fun, I can’t be distracted anymore.
My thumb hovered over the Send button. “Ah,” I yelled out and hit it.
