AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Get a bigger vibrator.”
She laughs, and I have missed this girl so much. “You know what I mean.”
“You could always have a one-night stand.”
“That’s too depressing to think about.”
I frown. “It’s better than no sex.”
“Maybe. But I guess the truth is, I miss being in a relationship. Having a guy around is nice. And I think it would be good for Owen if I could find someone. Probably. I don’t know. What about you? I know about the fire. No need to rehash that unless you want to. But what about the guy situation for you? Still blissfully single?”
I nod and smile. “Very. In fact, I had a one-night stand—
“Oh, Lily. I didn’t mean anything by what I said.”
“I know. You meant it’d be depressing foryouto have a one-night stand. For me, it’s liberating. No ties, no responsibilities. I get what I want, and I get out. It’s perfect for me. Honestly, I was kind of joking when I suggested it to you. I cannot imagine you having one.”
She stares into her cup. “I guess I should confess something, then.”
“Youconfess something? You never do anything worthy of a confession. Are you okay?”
“Remember how I told you Owen’s father and I dated for a few months before he died in a skiing accident?”
“Yeah.”
She looks up at me. “Owen’s father was a one-night stand.”
I blink a thousand times and nearly drop my drink. “What?” She laughs, and I realize I yelled that when Mrs. LaCasse leans past the espresso machine to look at me. I wave an apology. “Sorry.” Then back to Aria, I ask, “What?”
“I lied and I’m sorry for that—
“No, no, no. I don’t care about that. Owen’s father is still alive?”
“Probably.”
I cannot get over it. “So, why aren’t you finding him for child support or to be a father to his kid?”
She sighs. “I never got his last name. It was just one night, and I chose to keep Owen. It doesn’t seem fair to dump a kid on a stranger like that.”
“So, what you’re saying is, the sex was bad?”
She giggles. “No, sadly. It was amazing. But the whole thing…I don’t know where I’d even look for him now, Lily. And back then, he just vanished, never called me again. I wondered if the sex was bad for him—
“Oh, come on.”
“It’s a hit on the ego, you know? And then I found out I was pregnant…it’s embarrassing. I didn’t want anyone to know I got knocked up on a one-night stand and he never called. I’ve never had a guy not call after.”
“I imagine that’s upsetting if that’s what you want.”
Her lips pinch at one corner. “That’s never what you want, isn’t it? Tell me all about your one-night stand. I’ll live vicariously through you.”
I laugh and lie, “It wasn’t anything special.”
“That good, huh?”
I sigh. “Didn’t want you to miss sex even more. Thought I’d snow you.”
“It didn’t work. Go.”
