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She swung around, tears in the corners of her eyes. “What do you want, River? Just go back to Sky.”
“No. I want to talk to you,” I said, and she shook her head. “About that night.”
“Oh, so now, you want to talk about that night?”
“It’s not what you think. Can we talk? Please?” I wasn’t above begging.
I hated that Stacy thought whatever she did about the two of us when it wasn’t even remotely close to the truth. And she’d been holding on to false memories for years.Years.And I’d had no idea this entire time. I was the only one who could clear it all up.
“Come on,” she begrudgingly agreed before opening the door to her room and walking inside.
I followed her in, keeping my distance as I glanced around quickly. It was identical to Sky’s, everything in the same place and positioning, and I sat down on the chaise lounge, like I’d done last night. Leaning forward, I put my elbows on my knees and waited for Stacy to get comfortable. She looked exhausted, but I wasn’t about to tell her that.
“What do you want to talk about? How you got what you wanted and never talked to me again? How you hurt my feelings, but didn’t care? How I fell for you and you made me feel stupid for doing it?”
Well, I guess we’re jumping right in.
“Sure. But that’s not what happened,” I said, my tone serious and steady.
I refused to take the blame for something I hadn’t done. I was man enough to take responsibility for my actions, but I wouldn’t be taking them for something that never happened in the first place.
“What are you talking about? What are you trying to say?” She sounded more annoyed than anything else.
“Sky told me that you think we slept together.”
“We did sleep together.” Her eyes grew wide in an attempt to emphasize her point.
“No, Stacy. We didn’t.”
I watched as she bit her bottom lip before she started shaking her head, disagreeing with me.
“We did. I remember you in my room. And I remember you leaving.”
“Which happened about three minutes apart,” I said, my tone a little ruder than I’d meant, but it sent the point home.
“That’s not right.” Her forehead furrowed, creases forming with her confusion. “I remember,” she insisted.
“You were really drunk,” I explained. “I walked you to your room. I made sure you got into bed, and then I left you there.”
“Seriously?”
The truth had to be sinking in by this point, but I could tell that she didn’t want to accept it. She’d believed for so long now that we’d had sex, and now, here I was, telling her that we hadn’t.
“I wouldn’t lie to you about this. If we’d slept together, I’d tell you. But we didn’t. And I took you to your room to make sure you didn’t sleep with anyone else. You were way too drunk to give consent, and there’re a lot of not-cool guys out there.”
“Shit,” she breathed out, and I knew in that moment that I’d finally gotten through to her. “This whole time…” She stopped before finishing her sentence, but I already knew what she was going to say. She didn’t need to say it.
“I know.”
“I told Sky to stay away from you. I told her it was because I still had feelings for you, but it was because I was mad at you and all the guys like you. I felt stupid more than anything else.”
“So, you don’t have feelings for me?” I teased, and she gave me a small grin.
“No. I thought you were a jerk, so I told her you were a player who sleeps with any willing woman who lets you and that she should stay away.”
“Well, she listened to you for three years,” I said with a laugh. “But I’ve got to tell you…”
“What?”
