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There was no way in hell I was going to be walking anywhere, at any time soon, so I let me eyes drift close, finally defeated by one saucy goddess.
CHAPTER7
MATTIE
The sun wasbright and entirely unnecessary as I opened my eyes to the floor to ceiling windows that overlooked the lagoon. I sat up, instantly remembering where I was.
“Oh god.”
Gen wasn’t in bed next to me. I looked around, felt her side but it was cold. I got off the bed and tried to locate my dress from last night when the door opened and Gen came in with two cups of coffee.
“Morning.”
“Oh,” I said, almost laughing at how panicked I had been. “I thought you left.”
“No, but I’m not a late sleeper, no matter how late it gets the night before,” she said, a cheeky smirk on her lips. “Here. I don’t know your order so I just got you a latte.”
“Thank you,” I said, taking the coffee. “I drink caps normally but latte will do in a pinch.”
“It’s only 7, the official breakfast doesn’t begin until 8.30 so you can relax. Also, I’m pretty sure your dress got ruined last night, but feel free to take anything of mine.”
Vague memories flooded my brain as I remembered the makeshift go of naked wrestling where my dress happened to get ripped in round two of our night of pleasure. I could feel the heat rise in my cheeks just remembering all the things we did all night long.
“I won’t fit in your clothes, Gen.”
“Nonsense, we’re literally the same size.”
I smiled. “I had fun last night.”
“And this morning,” Gen reminded me. “I have to say, I didn’t think I’d have so much fun and for so long. You sure do have stamina.”
I sat on the bed, naked as the day I was born, and yet I didn’t feel the need to cover up. My legs were incredibly sore though and yet the pain was making me smile.
“I misjudged you,” I found myself saying. Gen turned to me, a curious look in her eyes. “I thought it was you who I should hate.”
She sat down, and thought about what she was going to say. “Honestly, I was the enemy and you’re free to hate me for what I did. I was a bitch back then, and no matter how many times I apologize, it will never make up for the way I acted.”
“What did you mean in the lift?” I asked. “When you said I caused your breakdown?”
“I made an effort to steer clear of available men back then, since I was in my 20s, the less available, the better. I wanted to keep living the life I had always lived with rich men but I didn’t want kids so I just chose to sleep with married men. Scott wasn’t the first but he was the last. When I saw the look in her eyes that day, it did something to me, but a year later, I saw you, I saw what I had done to you, and I realized the error of my ways. I changed the way I thought. It took me years in therapy to reach the conclusion that I needed to change who I was.”
“I must admit it did destroy me but it was all Scott, it wasn’t you. Well…it was partly you, but you weren’t the only guilty party. Scott and I had been together since I was 15. It was a gut punch to say the least. The worst part was when he told me I had to accept it if I wanted to stay married.”
“You’re kidding.”
“No, and he knew I needed him. My family loved Scott, they still do. When they found out I was going ahead with the divorce, they cut me off, the inheritance that I had given up and yet was still available to me was cut off and I lost everything so I took Scott for everything I could.”
Gen’s smile broadened. “Thatta girl.”
“You grew up in the social elite world, didn’t you?”
Gen nodded. “Yeah my stepfather is wealthy. But I came from poor beginnings, believe me and I didn’t make it easy for him. He married my mother when I was fourteen, right at the crux of me being a bitch.”
“I remember fourteen,” I said. “It was not pleasant, so I understand.”
Gen nodded. “If we’re still friends after this, I’ll introduce you to my dad. He’s one in a million.”
“Friends?” I said. “I never said we were friends.”
