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“What the fuck? Who?” His fists ball up, almost matching the strain in my own hands. “Who hurt you, Lily?”
“You.” Tossing my palms in the air with exasperation and I storm to my room. Nico’s rushed footsteps follow behind me. “You hurt me, Nico. I can’t do this.”
“Please, explain what’s going on.”
I yank my suitcase out of the closet and consider tossing it at his gorgeous fucking face. “If you were half as selfless in our friendship as you are in bed, you wouldn’t have forgotten about me.Again.”
“Why is there a bruise on your face?” Nico paces, worry creasing his brows.
“Because I waited for you, and when I got done waiting for you, I tried to turn my afternoon around. Some dickwad clapped their selfie stick—”
“Selfie stick?”
I yank clothes off the hangers and shove them into my luggage. “Then my phone fell and shattered to pieces, I lost my wallet, and all the while you were putting on a fucking show in the shower. I’m done. This trip, this arrangement, trusting you—it was all a horrible mistake.”
Nico windmills the clothes out of my bag and tosses them onto the bed. “Please, Lily, let’s talk. I can fix this.”
“There’s nothing tofix, Nico.” The contents of my undergarment drawer fly into the suitcase, and I stare at every color of my own betrayal. Everything Nico’s stripped off my body lies between us. His eyes bounce between me and the thongs. “You are who you are, but I can’t function like you. I can’t just be okay when you cancel on me halfway through a plan we made.”
“Are you actually alright?”
My heart rips in my chest. “No! Did you not hear me? I’m not alright.”
“How did you get back here?”
“While I was waiting for you at the stairs, I got myself some tea and left my wallet at a cafe. It took me an hour to get back there.”
His brows pinch together. “Did you find your wallet?”
“Yes. The attractive cafe owner held onto it and got me a car back to the hotel.”
“Lily, I—” Nico reaches for my hand, but I rip away from his touch. “I’m sorry. I should’ve let you know sooner.”
“No.” I fight the tremble in my voice. “Look, I came here to relax and have fun. I did. We’re not great traveling partners. It’s that simple.”
“Please let me make it up to you.”
“Enough. I’m not trying to change you. You obviously do things your way. There’s no reason for you to accommodate me or feel responsible for me.”
Even if all I’m asking for is a commitment to the things we agree on, and he can’t even seem to do that.
“I fucked up.”
“It’s fine,” I sigh. “Please get out. I need to finally buy my ticket home.”
Nico kicks his feet around with indecision, but I have no interest in hearing his excuses. “Lil—”
“Please.”
He leaves me to my packing, closing the door gently behind him.
Leaving’s not the worst thing in the world. A gorgeous tan, a few great—otherworldly—orgasms, and a nice couple of weeks of travel.
Could’ve been worse.
Some dreadful hours later, it turns out I won’t payanythingfor a flight home. Especially whenanythingis actually $5,702.Coastal Flingis doing well, but I don’t have nearly enough cash to spare on a plane ticket.
I refresh the screen of my computer and angrily bite into the French fries Nico dropped off at my door after our fight.
