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The cold air hits me as soon as I step outside. I keep walking, my feet protesting with each step I take, but I keep going until I finally arrive at my hotel.
But the truth is, I don’t know if Quinn is here.
I’m literally on autopilot as I enter the elevator, pushing the button to my floor. The sappy love song playing softly over the speakers hurts my brain, and once the elevator arrives on my floor, I get out, walking like a robot to my room.
I don’t have a key, so I gingerly knock on the door, hoping that Quinn is inside and not someone else.
“There you are!”
I open my mouth but am robbed of air when Quinn wraps his arms around me and hugs me tight.
Instantly, the worry plaguing me floats away because being in Quinn’s arms makes everything all right.
“Red, where have you been? I have been looking everywhere for you!”
“I went for a walk,” I muffle against his shoulder.
“Where did you walk to? Australia? You’ve been gone for over twelve hours!”
“I have?” I ask in a daze, pulling out of his arms.
“Yeah. Are you okay?” Quinn questions as I stare vacantly at him.
I shake my head, but, “Yes,” slips past my lips.
I’m so not okay, but I don’t want to talk about it, especially after he bailed on me last night.
“How do you know how long I’ve been gone for?” I reply, confused. “You were gone when I left. I just assumed you…”
“I, what? Split?”
I nod, lowering my eyes. “I wouldn’t blame you if you had.”
A loud exhale leaves him before he grips my wrist and pulls me inside.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
I don’t want to have this conversation, so I walk backward, hoping to hide in the bathroom. But Quinn stops me.
“Answer me.”
He wants to talk to menowafter he all but ran out on me last night, making me feel like an utter fool.
I meet his eyes, which are filled with concern and confusion as he waits for an explanation.
“Because you all but ran away from me last night. I don’t know how to be sexy or flirty like other girls, but I was honest, something I’ve never been with anyone, not even myself. And to have you throw that back in my face…fucking hurts.”
“Red—” But I cut him off.
“I bared myself to you, and you just shrugged it off like it wasn’t a big deal. I know for you it probably wasn’t, but for me, it was. I’ve never done that with anyone before. I’ve never been vulnerable with another person. And to have you reject me that way, to not want me, hurts. I may not be your typical girl, but underneath all this baggage and bad attitude, I’m still just a girl!”
And now, I take a breath.
“Is that what you think? That I don’t want you?”
“Well, isn’t it?”
Nothing makes sense. Not that it ever did. But now, everything is a big fucking mess.
