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“Yeah.”
After discovering the locked room yesterday, I’d taken a quick shower then gone to join everyone for breakfast. But Cade and Channing’s raised voices had startled me, so I doubled back to her room and we’d stayed there most of the day, eating our body weight in Mulligan’s cookies and watching movies. Sasha had been quiet. Too quiet. But I hadn’t wanted to push her.
I hadn’t wanted to stay another night in the Electi house, but when she asked, I couldn’t refuse.
“I have something to tell you… but it’s kind of a big deal.” Sasha’s eyes dart around me.
“Is it about the guy you were with all night after the party?” My brow arches. “Who was he, anyway?”
“Channing,” she breathes. “I was with Channing.”
“What?”
She nods, a mix of lust and confusion swirling in her eyes. “He practically dragged me off Rhett and to his room. I wanted to tell you yesterday, I just didn’t know how…”
“What happened?”
“What do you think? We painted each other’s nails and talked.” A faint smirk traces her lips and I roll my eyes. “It was amazing. He was… oh my God, I’ve never come so hard before. It was like he didn’t care about anything but touching me…”
“I’m happy for you, I am. But what about Cade and your brother?”
“Why do you think he told Cade he wants out?”
“Oh my God, he’s leaving… for you.”
She nods again, a small smile tugging at her lips. “It’s crazy, right? I told him it won’t work, that Cade will never let him walk away, but he wants out, Mia. He chose me over all this.”
“Do you really think they’ll let him walk away?”
Concern pinches her brows. “He isn’t the Rexford heir. Alex is. It makes no sense for him to remain Electi.”
“But he knows things, Sash… he’s seen things…”
“It’ll be okay. It has to be.” Hope flickers across her face, but it’s snuffed out as her expression falls. “I love him, Mia. I’m in love with him.” Tears spring from her eyes.
“Shh.” I reach over and grab her hand. “I’m sure he
’ll figure it out. Maybe he can be like Ashton.” He isn’t true Electi. The same rules don’t apply to him the way they do the rest of them. “I’m sure Brandon will understand,” I add.
Sasha settles, draining the rest of her coffee. “What a pair we are, both lusting after guys we can’t have.”
“Yeah.” I swallow the ball of emotion lodged in my throat.
“You did good at the party,” she adds. “You almost had me convinced.”
I frown, and Sasha chuckles. “You’re learning to play the game.”
“Isn’t that what I need to do?”
“It is. Just be careful, Mia. I don’t know what you’re up to but—”
“You don’t need to worry about me,” I say. “I’m okay.”
I think back to Bexley pulling me into his room Friday night. It would have been so easy to give in to him, to my feelings for him. But I won’t be so reckless again.
“What does Cade’s mom think about all this?”
“Melanie Kingsley? She’s still the grieving wife.”
