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His frown deepens into a scowl. “I just…” His Adam’s apple bobs.
“You assumed that I’d be addicted to your giant penis after one quick liaison in the library?” I arch my eyebrow.Oh, for the love of god, shut up, Mia!
He flinches. “No. I just meant…”
“It’s not like we had great chemistry, is it?” Yeah right. The chemistry between us is scorching hot, which was why the end result was so disappointing. I hoped my lie would defuse the situation, but that huge vein starts to throb in his temple and tells me I only made it worse. “I mean, I guess not all sex has to end with both parties coming. That doesn’t necessarily mean it was bad,” I babble. From the low growl that rumbles in his chest, I’m pretty sure I just poured a can of gasoline all over this little pickle we’ve found ourselves in.
He plants his giant hands on the table, jaw clenched tightly shut and rage visibly simmering beneath the surface of his skin. “So we’re in agreement then?” he barks. “Never again.”
“Never.” I offer him my most genuine smile, trying to lighten the mood and convey that we can still be friends despite what happened earlier, but he glowers at me.
Goddammit, Mia!I need to get out of this room before I inadvertently push another button and make him implode.
“Glad we’re on the same page.”
He storms out of the room, and I rest my forehead on the table, letting the cool wood soothe my flushed skin. How the hell did my day end this badly? With a deep breath, I push myself up and roll my shoulders back. Tomorrow is a new day, and it will be a better one than this.
Lorenzo and I can be friends again. Lorenzo and his rough hands and sinful tongue. The way it danced over the skin of my neck before he claimed my mouth with a smoking hot kiss. Warmth pools in my core at the memory. So much promise, only for him to leave me wet and needy.
Gah! Stop it, Mia.It was mediocre sex at best. He fucked you and left you hanging.
But what if—
“Mia?” Kat says, popping her head into the kitchen. “That movie we were talking about is on soon. You wanna watch it with me?”
Watching a movie with Kat sounds like the perfect distraction. As much as I’d love to talk to her about what happened with Lorenzo, sleeping with her brother-in-law—who’s clearly still grieving for his wife—isn’t the wisest move I’ve ever made. And it’s not like it’s going to happen again. I’ll file it with all my other stupid mistakes I never speak of and leave it there.
ChapterEighteen
LORENZO
“Holy fuck, Loz.” Max gives a dark laugh and watches me wipe blood from my shoe with the T-shirt of the man groaning at my feet.
“What?” I snap.
He looks down at the man on the ground and shakes his head. “You just used that guy’s face as boot scraper.”
“So? He’ll live. Barely scratched him.”
Max blinks at me, a smile on his face but confusion in his eyes. “He only asked you where the fucking restrooms were.”
“People who use restrooms in shitholes like this are likely to get dysentery.” I shrug. “I did him a favor.”
“Dysentery? What is this, the 1600s? We were only supposed to ask questions about the deputy superintendent,” he reminds me.
I look around the whorehouse, my nose wrinkling in disgust. It’s not an upmarket place where the hookers are looked after; it’s a shitty old house where drugs are cheap and hookers are cheaper. It makes my skin crawl to even be here.
“I want this place fucking shut down, Max. It’s fucking unhygienic.”
“And what about the women and men who make a living here?”
“Find them somewhere nicer to work,” I suggest.
“Fuck me. Like I have nothing better to do with my time,” he grumbles as we head out the door.
“Shall I ask Joey to do it? She’d have this place turned over in a fucking day,” I snap.
“The fuck you will. I’ll fucking handle it.”
