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I looked down at my hands. I was serious when I told her she was all I needed. But she didn’t believe me. If she had, she wouldn’t be insisting on seeing one of those places. And the way she said Patrick’s name. It had looked like she was about to cry. She wanted to know why he was bored in their relationship. She wanted to see why she wasn’t enough for him. And she had already seemed to have her mind made up that she’d never be enough for anyone. But that wasn’t true. All I wanted was her.
And now I had to take her to one of those fucking clubs. That would be the icing on the cake. She was clearly looking for a reason to leave. And what did it matter? I didn’t actually love her. I barely knew her. I said it by mistake. I didn’t love anyone. My rationalization wasn’t helping. Because what was really bothering me was that she didn’t feel the same about me.
“Shit.” My chest hurt again. This was why I didn’t do relationships. I didn’t like not having control. I rubbed my chest with my hand. She deserved better than me. She wasn’t the one that didn’t have enough to offer…I was.
I looked up as she walked into the kitchen. She was dressed in jeans and a tight, long sleeved shirt. Was she already leaving? I didn’t really know what love was. But this might be the closest I’d ever been to it.
“I thought maybe you could take me after breakfast?” she said. She looked nervous.
“I’m not going to get bored with you.” I wasn’t ready for her to go yet. And after I took her, it would be over.
She pressed her lips together. “Please, Mason. I just want to see it.”
I stood up when the waffles popped out of the toaster. Which place was the least damning?
Chapter Fifty-Four
Bee
We were standing outside an unmarked building.
“I’m actually getting hungry for lunch,” Mason said. “There’s this place down the street that’s really good. What do you say?”
“Is it really that bad?” I asked. He looked upset. No. He looked guilty.
“I don’t know why we’re here,” Mason said. “I told you I was done with this. I wish you would just trust me.”
“It’s not really that.” I folded my arms in front of my chest. “When Patrick broke up with me, he made it seem like it was my fault. Like I wasn’t giving him what he needed.”
“Do you still have feelings for him?”
“No.” My voice sounded small, but I meant it. “I just need to know.”
He looked a little relieved. “Patrick is a dick. That’s all you need to know.”
“Please, Mason.”
He sighed and tapped three times on the door. There was a buzzing sound and a little box next to the door lit up. Mason pulled out his phone and looked down at something before pressing the button on the box. “Sunset,” he said into the small speaker and then let go of the button. He put his phone back in his pocket.
A huge bald man in jeans and a black t-shirt appeared at the door.
“She’s with me,” said Mason.
“Did she sign the forms?”
Forms?
“I’ll vouch for her,” Mason said.
The bouncer looked me up and down. His eyes made my skin feel cold. “She doesn’t work for the press?” he said.
“No.” Mason sounded annoyed.
The bouncer stared at me for another minute. “Fine. If there’s a leak, it’s on you, Mason.”
“She’s not going to tell anyone.” Mason looked at me. “Right?”
“I won’t,” I said. Geez, what the hell is behind those doors?
