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“We committed.” She tsks.
“We can cancel,” I assure her.
She shakes her head. “Nope. He was way too excited about seeing you.”
I let out a dramatic sigh. “Fine. We’ll do whatever you want to do.”
Her evil fingers grab my side and squeeze, and I jump, slightly ticklish there.
“You’re evil,” I mutter.
“You love it,” she sing-songs.
I look at my watch as we approach the elevator bay. “We’ve got a little under two hours before our reservation. Wanna try out that double head rain shower?” I grin down at her.
She stabs the up button several times. I bark out a laugh at her persistence.
“I thought you would never ask.” She grins.
An hour later, she’s kicked me out of the bathroom. Demanding I give her alone time to get ready. That I’m too distracting. I dress in dark jeans and pull on a new, crisp, blue button-down. Once I’m ready, I knock on the door and give her a time check.
“Lays, you’ve got twenty minutes,” I tell the door.
Her muffled voice replies, “I’ll be done in fifteen, promise.”
I chuckle then walk out of the bedroom into the living room area of the suite. I grab my phone off the coffee table and decide to check some emails while I wait.
I open the app and go through a few easy replies before I get to one that immediately sends my heart into my stomach.
My thumb hovers over the email before I finally tap it.
Cole,
I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to let you know that per your availability, I’ve set up another date for you with Mina. She has expressed a strong interest in continuing to see you. For the time being, I’m going to hold off on you seeing Vivian again until we see where this goes with Mina. I think this is a great sign, Cole. Below are the dates and times she’s available. Please let me know which one works best for you.
I’ve got a great feeling about this.
My best,
Ruth
Fuck me.
Somehow, I had managed to forget about this matchmaking business for the past week. I swallow the lump in my throat, thinking about how I’m supposed to continue on with these dates when I’m clearly obsessed with someone else.
I’m going to have to come clean to Ruth. Tell her I’m out.
Maybe she will be content with a vague reason. I can give her half -truths, that I’ve found someone and I’d like to see where that goes before I continue with her matchmaking.
I think about Mina and feel real shitty that I’m going to hurt her feelings. I don’t particularly like letting people down. But continuing to see her when I’m falling in love with another woman isn’t fair to her and she deserves better.
Fuck. I’m in love with Layla James.
My breathing becomes labored as I feel my heart try to rocket out of my chest.
How did this happen? It was just supposed to be sex with an old friend.
But God knows that’s never what this was.
