Trade It All (The Barrington Billionaires Book 3) by Ruth Cardello

Author:Ruth Cardello [Cardello, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RCardello LLC
Published: 2016-07-10T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Willa was in the bathroom of her apartment applying lipstick when Lexi appeared in the doorway behind her. “Whoa. Makeup. Hair down. You look awesome. What’s the occasion?”

Beside her, Lexi ran a hand through her tangle of hair. When she did, it lifted the hem of her very short nightgown and revealed matching panties. I’ll meet Lance on the street. “I didn’t hear you come in last night.”

“I hit the sack early. I was beat. You were out late, though. I almost called you. I was worried.”

“Lex, I was fine.” Just shows how much I haven’t been living life if she is worried about one late night. Not that I ever know where she is lately. Normally Willa would feel sad by their lack of daily interaction, but that morning it actually worked to her advantage. Lance Barrington was not a topic she was ready to talk to Lexi about.

Lexi turned and half sat on the sink counter. “I hate it when we fight, Willa.”

Meeting her sister’s eyes, Willa smiled sadly, “Me, too.”

“I should have told you the flash mob was for Lance. I don’t know what I was thinking. Well, actually, I do. I hate that I messed it up for the two of you the first time, and I know you still like him. I guess I thought that if me pretending to be you didn’t work, then maybe you pretending to be me would. I know that’s fucked up.”

Willa closed her eyes briefly and gathered her scattering thoughts. Her mother’s words from long ago came back to her after one of their sister-to-sister fights. You’ll only ever have one sister, one twin, Wil. Treasure her. It didn’t need to be perfect to be good. She opened her eyes and leaned over to hug Lexi. “It is, but it’s also sweet in a way.” She thought about the last heated argument she’d had with Lexi and added, “I never meant to make you feel badly about the way you live your life.”

Lexi hugged her tightly. “Things were easier when we were younger. It was us against the world. What happened?”

Willa tensed and the hug ended. “Everyone grows up.”

After another head-to-toe assessment of Willa, Lexi said, “There’s something you’re not telling me.”

“Yes, there is,” Willa said firmly. “And that’s okay.” She walked out of the bathroom and Lexi followed her.

“Since when do we have secrets?”

Since longer than you know, Willa thought sadly. There was a time when Lexi would have been the first person Willa would tell about something as big as spending the day with Lance. She didn’t want the past to have a hold over the present, but in this situation it did. No matter how much she tried to tell herself that she trusted her sister, she couldn’t trust her with this. How do I make this okay? “I’m going out for the day, and I don’t really want to talk about it with you. I want this to be something that is mine. Just mine.

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