CASE LAY IN the huge round bed in Will’s bedroom, watching him sleep. Late afternoon sun streamed through the west windows. She felt amazing. She felt miserable.
The s*x had been the amazing part. He was a much better lover than she expected for someone his age. He’d even asked her what she liked. And didn’t like. She’d never had a guy do that. After, they’d cuddled, and he’d fallen asleep.
didn’tCue the miserable part. Had she really used s*x to avoid opening up to him the way he had to her? Had her mother screwed her up that much?
She sat up, burying her face in her hands. It was as if she’d lied to him twice. First by not sharing her own secrets, and then by avoiding the issue by kissing him.
Which had led them here.
Which made what they’d shared here seem like a lie, too.
But it
