The Lie by Karla Sorensen

Author:Karla Sorensen [Sorensen, Karla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 58554741
Publisher: #PrB.rating#4.66
Published: 2021-09-14T23:00:00+00:00

Dominic

Sunshine: So … as it’s now 12:01, technically it’s the day you’re going to take me out again.

Sunshine: Can I ask what my surprise is?

With a grin, I rolled over in bed, propping my head in my hand while I pulled up her contact info. Screw this texting bullshit, I wanted to hear her voice. She picked up almost immediately.

“You’re still awake?” she asked.

“Couldn’t sleep.”

“Why not?”

I stretched out on my back and laid the phone on my chest. That way I could pretend she was lying there with me. “I went to the weight room around six. I don’t normally work out in the evenings. Guess it amped me up too much.”

“Must’ve been quiet at that time of night.”

That was the point. I liked the idea of no one else there. Solid strategy I had going in the pre-preseason. Avoidance all the way. But I didn’t want to admit that to her just yet.

“It was,” was all I said. “Kinda nice. Other than the lack of sleep that came with it.”

“Why’d you work out so late?”

I sighed dramatically. “I wanted to spend time with someone, but she had other plans.”

“Rude.”

“I was almost asleep,” I admitted. “Then a pretty girl blew up my phone because she wants me so bad.”

Faith laughed. “Gawd, your ego is ridiculous.”

“You’re the one who agreed to go out with me,” I pointed out.

A miracle, the more I thought about it. She may not have admitted to Dominic why she had her football player rule, but Nick knew. I knew exactly why she did.

“Yesterday before you picked me up, I probably would have told you it was a momentary lapse in judgment.”

I waited, because it didn’t seem like she was done. But she stayed quiet. “And now?” I asked.

“Now,” Faith started, “I’d tell you that it was probably the best first date I’ve ever had.”

My fist raised victoriously in the air, which she couldn’t see. “You sound surprised by that.”

“I am, I guess.” She paused. “And here I am, talking to you at midnight because I didn’t really want to wait until tomorrow.”

The fact that she admitted it had me closing my eyes again. This was the kind of shit that would be the death of me. If she felt even a fraction of what I did, we were verging on dangerous territory. These were the stories that ended up with Vegas drive-up marriages after meeting two days earlier. The ones that didn’t make sense to anyone else outside of that couple.

When I didn’t answer right away, Faith made a self-conscious laughing sound. “I’m not really playing hard to get either, am I?”

“I fucking hope not,” I told her. “I didn’t mean to go quiet. This is … it’s different for me. In a good way. I don’t date a lot. Haven’t had a serious girlfriend since like, high school.”

That’s when Ivy got sick. Nothing else mattered after that.

“Oh come on,” she said. “Really?”

“Really. Broke up when I graduated and moved away to school. Then I had a lot of family shit going on when I was in college.

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