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Her lips purse. “Someone whom you decided to lose your virginity to?” she snaps.
“Yes. And?”
“And…that’s a big fucking deal.”
I frown, shrugging painfully again. “Maybe it’s not to me.”
“Eilish, are you joking? It’salwaysbeen a big deal to y—”
“Maybe it’s not anymore!” I spit back.
She frowns. “Wait, ten minutes before you were knocked out? Does this guy live above the bar or something?”
When I say nothing, her brows arch sharply.
“I’m sorry, did you have sexinthe fucking bar!?”
I blush. I can’t help it. Just like Ireallycan’t help the devilish way my lips curl up at the corners. Neve exhales with a whoosh, the tension visibly melting away from her face, replaced pretty quickly with a giant serving of “concerned older sister”.
“Seriously?” She says sharply.
“Seriously.”
She exhales with another puff as she shoves her fingers through her red hair.
“Look, I mean, get it, girl. Have fun. But…” Her brows furrow again. “This isn’t you, Eils.”
“Maybe it is now,” I toss back.
She groans. “Jesus. Well, okay. But at least tell me who the hell this guy—”
She goes stock still. Her eyes widen and she slowly turns to look at the door, then back at me, her face white.
“Hold the fuck on…”
I wince. “Neve—”
“GAVAN?!” she blurts incredulously. “Are you fuckingserious, Eilish!?”
“Can you stop yelling at me like I’m fucking child!?”
“I’m yelling at you like I’mconcernedfor you!” she hurls back. “Eilish, ever since the explosion, you’ve been—”
“What?” I snap. “Living my life?! Not being afraid anymore?”
“Reckless!” she blurts. “The word isreckless.”
“Thank you so much for your concern,” I mutter, looking away.
Neve sighs, taking my hand.
“I’m sorry. I love you, that’s all. And this…scares me a little. A lot, actually.”
I squeeze her hand back, smiling wryly. “I’m fine, Neve. I mean that. It’s nothing sinister.”
“Of all the men in New York, you had to pickGavan fucking Tsarenko?”
I lift a brow. “Says the woman who married Ares Drakos? The crown prince of our arch-rivals?”
