Sondra
“You’re falling for him.” Corey kicks her legs in the Bellissimo pool. We’re sitting on the side near the faux boulders and man-made waterfall, a week after Nico begged me to stay and promised to make time for me. It hasn’t happened.
“No, I’m not.”
“Bullshit. If you weren’t, you’d be perfectly happy to stay with him, let him pay for all your expenses and have great s*x until you figure out your next move. But you’re not. You want something more.”
I drop into the pool, keeping my arms above the water. The knot of dread tightening in my belly tells me she’s dead on. I want something more and Nico can’t give it. He’s made that abundantly clear. Although I’m not sure if he’s telling me the whole story.
After being lied to and cheated on more times than I care to admit, an alarm bel
