Absolution (Disenchanted Book 3) by L.D. Davis

Author:L.D. Davis [Davis, L.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LD Davis Media
Published: 2020-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

“Twenty years ago, when I found out my best friend in the whole world was moving away, it dawned on me that I had feelings for her,” Massimo said to begin his story. “But you know how I was back then. I was wild and enjoyed a life of debauchery. There wasn’t a party I wouldn’t go to, a drink I would not drink, and I always had a warm, female body in my bed—or her bed. Or the bed she shared with her husband. Even though I knew my feelings toward Tessa were changing, I didn’t understand them at first. So, I continued to live my life, but I no longer received the same satisfaction as before.

“A couple months before she was supposed to move away, our mother extended the invitation to Tessa to stay with us if her parents would permit it. I thought she would say yes right away. I thought she would want to stay because Italy was where her life had been since she was a little girl. She had friends, other family members on her mother’s side, and she had me. Being narrowminded and stupid, I thought I would be enough to make her stay, but she said she needed to think about it. So, I did what any narrowminded, stupid, male slut would do. I tried to seduce her.”

I snorted. Even back then, Tessa had a big heart, but she was not an empty-headed idiot. “And how did that work out for you?”

Massimo shook his head with a self-deprecating smile. “It didn’t. She accused me of trying to use my sexuality and her love for me as psychological weapons to get what I wanted. She told me if I wanted her to stay that I would have to convince her in some other way. I did not take her rejection well and reacted by doing what I did best in those days. Drinking and fornicating. In a matter of days, I had sex with half the women in Lecco before I came to my senses.”

“What made you come to your senses? A sexually transmitted disease?” I asked dryly.

“Something very similar. Your girlfriend.”

I stared at him, unamused and silent.

“If you remember, I was friends with Celia in those days. It was not unusual for us to find ourselves in the same group of friends. One night, she and I ended up at the same party. It was broken up by the police, and I made her leave with me. There was no way I was leaving your girl behind in that chaos. I was just going to drive her home and go to a bar and contemplate my life, but she wanted to stay out longer. So, we went to this small, cruddy bar. After I had several drinks in me, I told her how I felt about Tessa. She admitted that she was nervous about marrying you, and then we drank more. I don’t remember how it started. I don’t even remember the act itself, to be perfectly honest with you.

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