Chapter 9
July 2018
After leveling me with his soul-soothing reassurances and surviving my attempts at distracting him last night, Devon told me I could spend the night in the room and requested that I meet him at the park bench the following afternoon after he got out of work. He wanted me to come with him when he went over to see Maya and Dani. So, here I was, freshly showered thanks to the club’s amenities, sitting on the bench, fiddling with the zipper on my backpack, and waiting for him.
I wasn’t sure why I felt so nervous. Perhaps some of it was the thought of meeting Maya and Dani and wanting it to go well. But if I was being honest with myself, a lot of it had to do with wanting a certain blue-eyed hottie to feel the same intense draw to me that I felt to him.
Last night had be
