SPADE
No matter how hard Piper tried to hide her worry over Gio, I still saw it. Instead of admitting the truth, she chose alcohol to numb her feelings.
I understood her, considering they just met two days ago, but I really saw a crackling s****l tension between them. It wasn’t a hunch, but that was exactly how I felt when Robyn was around before we got married.
So I chose to marry my work instead of confronting the truth because I didn’t want her to lose her job, and I knew how much it meant for her. And sometimes denial was an easy way out.
“Ask away.”
“How do you know she’s the one?”
“You’re drunk. You won’t remember this conversation tomorrow, Piper.” She took the empty glass from Piper. “Let’s get you to bed. When you wake up, Gio is already back.”
“I’m not drunk, bitch.” Pi
