Flame by Sky Lana

Author:Sky, Lana [Sky, Lana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Mystery, Romance
Amazon: B08FZYGVJQ
Goodreads: 55106227
Published: 2020-09-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“So, who are you fucking, and for how long?” Mara questions from over the rim of her latte. Winking, she smacks her glossy lips together and leans over her pink place setting. “Tell me everything.”

We’re seated at a table near the front windows, which provide a good view of the main street—and anyone who might happen to walk by. I can’t stop my gaze from darting to it every few seconds just to scan the foot traffic. So far, I’ve only noticed a few workers dressed in business attire or the average tourist. No Branden. Yet.

“Hey!” Mara reaches over the table to tap my shoulder, and I reluctantly turn my attention back to her. “Spill, bitch,” she demands. “I’ve told you about all the assholes I’ve fucked. Your turn.”

“He’s…” I swallow hard as the truth sticks to the back of my throat. Coming clean now would be the smart thing to do. The right thing. For whatever reason, I can’t make myself form the words. “No one.”

Mara raises an eyebrow. “No one. Damn, I didn’t know the ‘air’ was into rough sex. I guess I’ve been masturbating all wrong—”

“Mara!” I steal a sip from my coffee if only to disguise how my cheeks flame. “You are so bold.” Forcing a laugh, I fake a smile that she doesn’t return.

“Fine,” she snaps, rolling her eyes. “We’ll leave that topic—for now. So how is the writing going? You get your essay done yet?”

“Not yet.”

“The deadline’s coming up,” she warns. “Not that I’m one to talk. It feels like I haven’t written anything good in ages. Like my sexual frustration is translating to a creative block. Damn Rafe Wei-Shen!”

“You said he’s slept with everyone?” I ask only to instantly regret doing so. It’s a dangerous topic to broach.

Dangerous, and at the same time, too tempting to ignore.

Mara nods. “Almost everyone. The sexy people, anyway. One could say he has a type—big tits and a bigger ass. But he’s strictly transactional. His conquests give him what he wants, and he’ll give them a shopping spree or two. Maybe some cash. I hear he’s even into threesomes.” She giggles. “Hey, maybe if I text him to come over with you here, he might bite?”

“Don’t,” I croak as she brandishes her phone for emphasis.

Still giggling, she stows it beneath the table, though I can’t see if she’s typing a text from here.

Her eyes meet mine, suddenly stern. “Though… On a serious note, rumor has it, he was seeing Faith before she died. Bad boys, I can do. Murderers? No go.”

“What?” It’s like the universe narrows to this table, and everything else disappears. I’m biting my lip, so hard I taste copper though I don’t feel anything.

“Yeah,” Mara says, sounding miles away. “Someone I know said he saw them together a lot at his club. And he helped in the search for her, and now that he’s paying for her funeral, well it makes sense. But baby boy isn’t the sentimental type. He must have really liked her.

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