Mistakes We Never Made by Hannah Brown

Author:Hannah Brown [Brown, Hannah and Larrabee, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2024-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

“DON’T LET THAT GET knocked loose,” I told Finn, motioning toward the old wooden cheese board I’d wedged into the doorjamb to keep it open, “or we’ll have to spend the night up here. There’s no way I could get Sybil to leave Sebastian now that she’s with him.”

Finn headed straight to the waist-high wall at the edge of the roof, leaning against it and looking north at the rest of Manhattan. You could see both the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building from our rooftop. Even after having lived in the city for a year, moments like this made me feel like I was inside someone else’s life.

“How’s the boyfriend?” Finn asked.

“I mean, you probably know as much as I do. He’s a photojournalist who—”

“Not Sybil’s,” Finn interrupted. “Yours.”

He angled his body toward me, one elbow propped up against the ledge of the rooftop. I hadn’t spoken about Preston at all during dinner. Finn must have learned of his existence from Sybil.

“Preston’s a, you know, crew guy,” I said with a shrug, frustrated at myself that I couldn’t come up with a more specific description.

“Ah, I know the type. They wake up at five a.m. to row,” he said with a smirk.

“Exactly.” Then, since Finn and I were just friends and this was the kind of thing you could say to a friend, I added, “And, you know, he’s superhot, supersmart. All around… super.”

“Oh, I bet.” Finn smiled.

“So tell me about the girlfriend,” I asked.

He squinted his eyes at me as if he was debating telling me something. Whatever he read on my face must have been enough encouragement, because he said, “Pilar asked me about an open relationship a few days ago.”

I blinked twice, unsure how to respond. “Is that what you want?”

Finn’s mouth was a grim line, communicating his unspoken no. “The deal with relationships,” he said after a beat, folding his arms across his chest, “is that the person who wants the most freedom gets to set the terms.”

“You could set the terms by no longer being in the relationship though,” I offered. He shrugged and turned back to looking at the skyline. “What’s she like?” I asked, mirroring his position and looking out at the sea of lights in front of us. I wondered what kind of woman could catch Finn’s attention so thoroughly that he’d be willing to consider sharing her.

“Smart, ambitious.” He turned to look at me. “Total smoke show. You know, my usual type.”

“Of course.” I nodded. Then, because I couldn’t help picking at it, I asked, “Why even have a relationship if you want to have it open?”

“I think they work for some people. I’m not sure I’m one of them though.”

“It’d be hard for me too.”

“I bet. You’re very territorial.”

I reared back but was still smiling. “You make me sound like a she-wolf or something.”

He flashed me a smile. “Just that you seem to go all in or all out on people.”

My cheeks grew warm in spite of the cool evening air.

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