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I turn, and it’s Sophie. “Heading off?”
“Yeah, yeah. Got a call from—just gotta get…ugh,” but I struggle to lie under Sophie’s gaze. I’ve always struggled to lie to her. I had the biggest crush on her for years until she met Luca. Then I just realized that I’d been lonely and had been crushing on the first girl to show me affection. I felt like a damn idiot.
Good thing I escaped into that crazy woman, Lindsey…
“Lindsey messaged?” she asks.
“Yeah, nothing crazy. We’re not ever—” I cut my arms across my body. “Nothing again. But I just had enough of people for the time being. You know?”
Sophie knows and smiles. “I understand. Thank you for coming, it meant a lot to Luca and me. And little Michael, of course too.” She places an arm on my shoulder. “We’re always here for you.”
I nod and smile. We give each other a peck on the cheek, and I turn into the darkness. I flee for my beat up ford and hop in. But it’s like escaping one furnace for another. The thing is a sweatbox after sitting in the sun all afternoon. I roll the windows down and start the engine.
Shit, shit, shit, shit,my mind is racing. I was just fucking Mimi! Carlos’ little sister. Mimi who—who is damn fine now.
I grip the steering wheel hard, and I stare at the odometer. A bad thought to have just thought.
I shift into reverse and then head on out of the parking area.
Mimi is a woman now. Not just a little sister. Those legs…her curves… the way her tits felt pressed against my chest as I—
I nod to the guys at the gate, and they let me out. I feel my pants bulging as the blood racing around my body goes to the wrong head. Now isn’t the time to be thinking like an idiot. How the hell could I start anything with Mimi anyway? Carlos is staying at my house.
But my mind already has an answer.He said Mimi needs to settle down…
Not with me though! With some other guy.
But what if it could be me?
I’m being a fucking idiot. I’m still reeling from Lindsey. That has to be it. I take a big breath in and hold it until my head turns light and then I let it all out. I take another one and merge onto the highway.
What the hell was I doing? I hadn’t meant to hit on Mimi, it’s just… seeing her in that little cocktail dress… how she stumbled out of the house in it. She was looking good. I’d never noticed it before. I’d been preoccupied. I’d been—had she always been that hot? My brain offers. Those full lips and a smile that makesyoufeel good. And how her cheeks dimple when she looks startled… how she was looking up at me before I kissed her.
“Nope,” I say to my car. “Nope, nope, nope.” I get my phone out and go for Carlos. I’m gonna call him.You’re gonna tell him?My brain freaks out.
He picks up on the second ring. “Seb!” he calls. There’s music behind him and chatter everywhere. He’s out. “My man!”
“My man!” I say back. “I see you’ve gotten back into your old ways.”
“Just out and about,” he says. “You heard of a place called Hush?”
“Course I have. Luca owns it!” I yell. I’m yelling in my car even though I don’t need to. What the hell am I doing? I should just go join him…
“Damn man! This place was expensive as shit to get into, but worth it. There’s women everywhere, man.”
“Yeah, it’s a bit of a hangout spot for the models on the Piovere brand. Luca owns that too. Actually, Sophie is the Creative Director now and”
“All I heard was you better wear earplugs tonight because I ain’t sleeping alone!” Carlos begins talking to someone on the phone.
“Hey, anyway,” I begin. “I spoke with Luca.”
“Cool man,” he replies. I can tell he’s checked out of our conversation, but I persist in finding my redemption.
“He wants to meet. Says that if I’m vouching for you, you must be a good dude…”
“Is that right?” he says, before the phone goes dead.
Well, I tried.
