Good Girl Fail by Roni Loren

Author:Roni Loren [Loren, Roni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roni Loren, LLC
Published: 2023-01-16T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

O’Neal’s eyes were gritty as she skimmed a few more news articles. Most of them said the same thing, but she was scanning for any tiny detail that may give her new information. When she reached the last of the articles and found nothing of note, she rubbed the spot between her eyes, a tension headache forming there, and then glanced at her phone.

The screen was black. Of course, it was. She couldn’t deny what that meant anymore.

Auden was officially avoiding her. After brunch two weekends ago, he’d warned her that he’d have a couple of busy weeks coming up with a few papers due and a big swim meet to prepare for, but his lack of texting revealed it was more than a packed schedule. Something about the meal with his mom and sister had changed things, spooked him. Or maybe he’d just decided that what had happened between them had been a mistake. They’d gotten caught up in the heat of the moment or whatever and had made some stupid decisions.

She was trying to be logical about it. It wasn’t like they were in love or dating. She didn’t need to assign emotional meaning to her first time just because society assigned meaning to that. She’d relinquished that notion when they’d made their agreement. She’d known, at least on some level, what she’d been signing up for. Friends with benefits or whatever people called it.

But the virginity part wasn’t what she was upset about. The friendship part was.

If she’d known sleeping with him meant losing their easy connection as friends, she wouldn’t have done it. That would’ve been too high of a price.

And she couldn’t even talk to anyone about it because she was too embarrassed to tell Quyen what she’d agreed to. She didn’t want to look dumb and naïve. And she obviously couldn’t tell Maya.

O’Neal leaned back in the hard library chair, the wood creaking, and closed her eyes. Her bones felt heavy and stiff, the weight of it all pressing down on her. She’d wanted to learn things from Auden, but she didn’t think her first lesson would be how to have a one-night stand and then be ghosted.

If she thought Auden had used her for sex, she could at least be pissed. But that wasn’t the vibe she was getting. She doubted Auden had any trouble getting women to sleep with him. He was gorgeous, smart, and funny—not to mention rich. He didn’t need to go tricking inexperienced freshmen into bed.

Something else had happened.

She was driving herself crazy trying to figure it out.

The sound of a camera phone startled her, making her eyelids fly open.

“No, stay just like that,” said a familiar voice in a gentle whisper. There was another camera click. “I’m going to draw this scene and call it Overworked Student in Repose.”

O’Neal turned her head, finding Lennox smiling down at her. Well, a version of Lennox she’d never seen. His blond hair was slicked back, and his eyes were rimmed with black liner, making his green eyes as bright as ivy leaves.

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