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“I’ve never beenthatshit-faced before. I doubt I even could have gotten hard.”
Whiskey dickmust be a saying for a reason, right?
“Did you talk to this chick? Flirt with her?”
I shake my head. “Nah, I don’t remember her at all. I went with a bunch of guys. Last I remember, we were drinking. Hanging out. Then I woke up in her bed. She told me nothing happened.”
“And you believe her?”
“I…”want to. “Why would she lie? I’ve never met her before. I don’t even know her name. She said I was passed out in her bed when she came upstairs, so she just left me. And…I wouldn’t do that to Cassia. I don’t think I physicallycould.”
I know too many guys who have girlfriends and still fool around on the side. Who get some stupid high from theforbidden attention. Who say they love a girl but that they’re bored of only being with one person.
It’s not a line to help her feel secure when I tell Cassia I only want her. The calculating, mean-girl vibes were a turn-off, but the blonde was what most guys would consider a bombshell. She was in bed,everythingon display, and I couldn’t have been less interested.
Cassia has always been the girl I compare other ones to.
I’ve never compared anyone to her and not found them lacking.
Henry’s attention has returned to his cereal. Either he’s bored by my drama or just hungry.
“Do I tell Cassia?” I ask him.
The question I debated the whole drive here.
Other girls are a sensitive subject with her. I’ve always been able to tell her it was before we were together.
This time, I can’t.
“I don’t know, Adams. If she got drunk at a party without you and woke up in bed next to a naked dude, would you expect Cassia to mention it to you?”
Henry’s heavy sarcasm isnotappreciated.
I’m seeing scarlet at the thought.
I know if the roles were reversed, I’d lose my shit. I wouldn’t be mad ather, per se, if she promised me nothing had happened with the guy, but I’d be furious. Even if he hadn’t touched her, he would have seen her in basically nothing. Slept in bed beside her. Gotten special moments that should only be mine.
Yeah, I’d lose my shit.
If this hypothetical happened, I would get my knuckles bloody and then drink a bottle of whiskey.
And I’m a fucking hypocrite, hoping she’ll be understanding. For considering keeping it from her.
Fury mixes with self-loathing, making me feel like a shaken bottle of something carbonated. Close to exploding.
Cassia’s world was just upended by her parents’ pending divorce. That’s why I haven’t told her about my mom, and that had nothing to do withus.
This is the last thing I want to burden her with—another mistake of mine she has to suffer because of.
“If nothing happened, why do I need to tell her?” I ask.
“If nothing happened, why did you tell me?”
Yeah, Henry was definitely the wrong person to confide in about this.
“Tell who what?” Robby strolls into the kitchen, tugging a sweatshirt on. He almost collides with the wall, changing course at the last second to grab a banana from the bunch by the fridge.
“Holden woke up in bed with a naked chick.” Henry spills, unhelpfully.
