ke

smine, gawked at me. "Did you

y, checking to see if anyone was looking

d a few notches. "I've been trying to get you to lose your V card for five frea

advise me against it. It was

I said softly. "My reade

icked her tongue. "I'm su

noyed expression.

ge and were as close as best friends could get. Sometimes, I secretly wished sh

le and having fun, I preferred to be in the comfort of my bed, with a mug of chocolate tea in one hand and a book in the

talled new seats in a secluded corner that was exclusive to just the both of us so I never had to worry abo

seen the light, I know just th

r w

n to take your V

t believe it. Yasmine looked even more excited tha

're thinking about it too

Yasmine ordered for me. "Okay.

iped at the screen a few times before turning it to me.

peered down at the event flier, already

n the Storme City. Though I d

, sitting up.

ace. "Are you sure you're not going to back out of thi

een being single since the day I was born and being scared of dyi

then my life was over. My career, my future and my self-confidence depended on this. If I had to have sex with s

's gaze, I nodd

*

so not

ty-five minutes drive from my apartment. Yas held my hand as we navigated through the ma

, my butt would be on full display. My straight dark hair was curled into body waves and they fell down my back. Yas had app

I was here. For my r

Yas turned to me. "What

ass reverberated through my chest, a palpable force that seemed to swallow me whole. My hands were cla

e eager to touch people they didn't know. Everyone seemed so confident, so sure of themselves, and I wo

oo small, too rough or too smooth and I didn't even have a taste in men. The onl

card, but he'd made it more than cle

without thinking, after which I burst into a fit o

is this?" I a

nd downing her glass in one go. She didn't ev

was pretty sure I would not be drinking it again. In fact,

nterrupted. "I'm going to go d

t out my phone, going online to read the comments for my last book. There was more than

g to frown, why did yo

describe as a god on earth because he was the

ed at him. "Excuse me, didn't your mo

raveling to my ears and reverberating through my en

ows of the same color rested. Long, sleek lashes that I was instantly jealous of because y

usly proud because it seemed to be looking down on me, and under them were

umped straight out

out? A picture w

No one had that kind of good looks

ng you need?" I a

of vodka before looking back to me. "I h

everyone who walks through the door? What

ed at that moment and he downed it in one go, signaling to the

en sighed. Screw it. I'd come here to have one night of fun and I wasn't going to let common

lime mixed with the harshness of the liquor created a pungent tast

n the shot of vodka you just drank. Make you weak enough to move you s

r, my gaze darting between him to the empty glass, half-expecting to start los

and laughed softly. "That was a

, my heart racing erratica

d. "It act

you must know, I'm h

s probably crazy. Research in a club?

he tracked me down after tonight? Why was I even here talking to him, especially after he'd made

You don't want to say. I understand. But at least tell me wh

ething about the way he looked that told me he probably had some experience with the ladies. God forbid he was a vir

ed. "I'm here tr

just told him Mother Tere

lose my virginity. For

thing he expected to hear. "W

d. "You know what? Fo

Just unusual. It's not every day a woman walks in here because she w

spread heat through my body. "Then there's really no difference between me

before retracting his hand. I

at working o

nd my best friend is off somewhere grinding random men. I have no idea whe

e was one of confu

for sex. My mother would be ashamed of me. But in hindsight, she had been

rrently free to t