Chapter 17
Roxxy had been through a lot over the last week: finding Mabel’s body, discovering Dexter’s betrayal, letting herself get triggered by Andrew. But somehow nothing that had happened to her so far seemed as scary as following Andrew up to his bedroom.
He was moving, yes, but in a way that reminded her of a marble statue, like he was made of resolve instead of flesh.
When they got to his room, she wasn’t quite sure what to do with herself until he said, “Get naked and sit down on the bed.”
So she did. Then to her consternation, he sat down right beside her.
“That day in the truck, you were nervous because I was sitting so close. This is how it started out with him, right?”
“Funny, I thought I did a pretty good job of covering how nervous I was on the ride,” she said.
He gave
