Ray of New (Ray #6) by E. L. Todd

Author:E. L. Todd [Todd, E. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-22T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Austen

I started to feel guilty for not telling Madeline and Jenn what was really going on with Ryker. I told them everything, just as they told me everything. And worst of all, I had no one to talk about my issues with because it was a secret.

And I’d never been good with secrets.

I knew they wouldn’t tell Liam, so I didn’t need to worry about that. And even if they did, it didn’t seem like Liam cared all that much. It was none of his business anyway, so it shouldn’t be a surprise. If he and Madeline hit it off, it’s not like I would intervene.

I found them at the table in the back of the bar, sitting at their usual black booth in the corner. It could easily accommodate ten people, but we liked to hog it anyway. “What’s up?”

“We got your cosmo, girl.” Jenn pushed the pink glass toward me. “I tried to order two for you, but the waiter said I needed to pace myself.”

I shook my head. “That guy doesn’t know shit about pacing.” I took a long drink just to defy the nameless waiter. “I’ll straighten him out.”

“I’m sure you will,” Madeline said. “So, what’s new? There’s this new club that opened downtown. I thought we could check it out.”

“Everything is new to me,” I said. “So I’m down for anything.” My parents were from New York, but I went away to college, and before that, I was in a private school in Connecticut. So I didn’t spend a lot of time here in the city.

“Then we’ll go on Saturday,” Jenn said. “It’s set in stone.”

Now that I was with both of them, I felt the guilt grow in my gut. I’d been fooling around with Ryker for over a month now, and neither one of them knew anything about it. Madeline thought we slept together just one time, but that was only scratching the surface.

“You okay?” Madeline must have seen the disturbed look on my face because she flashed me an expression of concern.

“Uh…kinda.” I cringed as I looked at both of them. “I need to tell you guys something.”

“Uh-oh,” Jenn said. “Please don’t tell me you’re knocked up.”

“No.” I’d be shocked if I were, since I was on two forms of birth control.

“Then what?” Madeline asked.

“So…you know how I said Ryker and I hooked up one time?” I stirred my drink and eyed the pink alcohol as it swirled around.

“Yeah…” Madeline narrowed her eyes.

“Actually, this is news to me,” Jenn said. “How was he?”

“The best I’ve ever had.” There was no doubt about that. I was madly in love with Nathan once upon a time, but Ryker smoked him in the bedroom. “One thing led to another, and it happened again…and now we’re fuck buddies.”

“Like, a booty call situation?” Madeline asked.

“Yep.” I waited for the taunts and the criticism. I was going back on the promise I made to myself years ago.

“Honestly, I think it’s great,” Madeline said. “When you said you were never going to sleep with the same guy twice, I knew you were still heartbroken over Nathan.

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