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He lets out a deep chuckle and quirks his brows. “Did it help?” He’s looking at me with interested eyes like he’s genuinely curious about all the little things I have to say. Does he actually care?
Does it matter?
I shrug. “It was nice. Yelina is pretty friendly too.”
“Yelina is one of the crazier patients here. She might be friendly today, but we’ll see about tomorrow.”
That’s good to know. I grab my notepad from the nightstand and write down her name and the wordunstablenext to it. How else will I remember anyone here?
Liam’s eyes catch on my wet clothes in the corner and he shakes his head as he sighs. “Oh come on, you’re one ofthoseroommates?” He picks up my drenched sweater.
I snatch the sweater from him. His scent sweeps over me as I do. “I was going to ask you where the laundry room was after our group session.”
He wraps an arm around my shoulder and butterflies flutter through my chest at the connection. “Let’s go now, then.” He guides me to the door and we step out into the hallway.
I shrink in his hold as we walk down to the bathrooms. Steam spills out as he opens the door and I’m instantly struck by the sight of naked men and women, all of them around my age, some older, some younger. A few moans rise from the last stall and my wide eyes flick up to Liam’s with horror.
A big smirk forms on his lips and whispers in my ear, “Just part of the therapy here, sunshine. Don’t be such a prude.” His voice drips with sarcasm. Heat pools in my stomach with the pleasure-filled sounds and Liam’s deep voice settling deep in my mind.
“Who says I’m a prude?” I throw back at him.
His eyes narrow at me and his smirk grows uncomfortably dark. “You think you can play on our level?” His hand clamps down on the nape of my neck; his fingers are cold and instantly make goosebumps rise across my arms.
Don’t let him intimidate you.
I reach down and cup his privates. His sweatpants leave him completely vulnerable, and based on his shocked expression, he didn’t think I’d grab his dick so freely. “Can you play onmine?”
A low groan rolls through his throat as he composes himself and leans into me further. My cheeks heat but I stand my ground.
“Wynn, I didn’t know you were so eager,” he says with a horrifying look on his face. His lips brush against my neck as he yanks my hand away from his dick. “Unless you want to get bruised in the showers though, I recommend we wait until tonight. I promise I’ll have your hips unaligned by morning.” He shoves me toward the laundry area.
My heart pounds wildly in my chest and I shoot him a glare over my shoulder. “You’re disgusting.”
“You started it.” He shrugs, looking down at me with callous eyes.
I’m writing James the angriest text after my group session.
We continue across the white tiles of the bathroom until we reach a small room in the back. A row of laundry machines stretches across the wall and on the opposite side are baskets with patient names taped on their rims.
Liam and Crosby.
I furrow my brow at the other name. “Who’s Crosby?”
“Nobody,” Liam mumbles as he grabs a Sharpie and crosses out the name, penning inSunshineover it.
“Really?” I cross my arms but Liam ignores me.
Obviously, they were someone… In a place like this, surely they left because they got better, right? Why is death the first thing that comes to my mind when I see their name crossed out like that? Didn’t they matter?
“Crosby was your old roommate?”
Liam’s eyes turn cold and empty, sending a shudder of dread through me. “Drop it, Wynn. I won’t ask nicely again.” Irritation pulls at his features.
I guess I’ll have to ask someone else.
* * *
“All right, everyone, we have someone new with us today, so I want you to say your name and something you enjoy doing to introduce yourselves to Wynn.” Jericho leans back in his chair and points his pen at the woman to his right to start.
