Virgin for Sale

Chapter 30

Faye steps out of the elevator, passing Dean without another glance. That’s something else I love about her. Where some men give her a second or third glance, she never reciprocates. Her focus is on me, and that is exactly how I want it to stay.

Chapter Thirteen

Faye

“You had fun?” I ask.

My sister shrugs. “It was okay. Kind of boring. We had to take a book and to read during times of reflection. Building stuff was cool. I didn’t like the circle of truth.”

“What’s that?”

“Where you tell people about your life and why you’re there.”

“Did you tell them?”

“I got in the circle. You have to, and I just said that some bad things happened to me and I was having a hard time dealing.”

I nod.

Chase is in the car, and as I roll Kerry’s bag behind me, I don’t know what to say.

“So, there’s something I have to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“My boss is taking us home.”

This is not

“Your boss?”

“Yes.”

and when she spots Chase she tenses up. “Do I need to know

“No.”

“Are you being careful?”

I’m five years older than you. I know what to do, and you

the first time she’s touched me in a long time. She asked me to never hug her again. The request broke my heart, but I wasn’t going to give her a reason to hate

“You like him.”

get you

honest with me.

out of my face, and try to distract myself with doing everything but answering

I’m not going to break because you suddenly like a guy. I love that you’ve got a man in

to Kerry. “He can leave if he makes you uncomfortable.”

her head. “I don’t

“But…”

buts. Stop using me as a fucking excuse not to do something because it makes you nervous. I get it, okay. I’ve been messed up and I’ve struggled, but I’m doing okay now. I know what is right and what is wrong. Don’t put your life on hold and use me

waiting for us. I’m not using her as

rush to

I climb in Kerry is chatting animatedly with Chase, and she sounds genuinely interested

apartment she talks about camping, hiking, the truth circle. She doesn’t talk about anyone’s story, just what

She sounds happy.

then I keep glancing in the back to make sure she’s okay and sure enough, she has this radiant

out of the car and gone, leaving me and my

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