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And now? Itwith Bella

Besidethe sleep of the shahts kept me awake until, eventually, even those wore , I rolled over Or rather, I tried to My eyes snapped open at the shock of finding another body in the bed I caainst uy --her in the back

Holy…

Holding hed, but did not wake up Inch by quiet inch, I extractedthe covers up over her as far as I dared Her crea light I avertedher body

I realized I was still holding my breath Because it’s not every day you wake up naked with your neighbor after losing your virginity in a one-night stand I exhaled as quietly as possible

It was tiet the hell out of there

I putup s inside, I tiptoed to the door, opening it like a thief in the night

I didn’t breathe until the door was closed behindmy shoes down, I jaetaway

Abruptly, the neighboring door swung open to reveal a young wo each other right there on the tiny landing

My surprise only grehen I realized who I was looking at Lianne Chalice was only the most famous member of the freshman class -- and an actual movie star She’d played Princess Vindi in the filirlfriends had dragged me to every one of them So I’d watched Lianne Chalice duel many a Hollywood actor) I’d read in the New York Times that she was a freshman here this year, but I’d never run into her before And certainly not in ," she hissed

"Sorry," I whispered autoave irl indown the stairs

My heart thu my shoes onto my feet, and then quietly followed her down the stairs I was only on the third step or so when I realized that the star of several major motion pictures had been the one to hear me announce that the condom broke

Shoot hts of stairs I took a ht , but the face I saw there was the sain Rafe looked the sa"Idiota"

It was one thing to get taken in by Alison’s deception That had been du with Bella I’d practically inflictedthat she’d wanted me, too I knew better than to take that risk

Yesterday irlfriend Twenty-four hours later I was just some jerk who’d taken off his clothes for the first person who sh and tried to co the bathroom, I bracedaround in the co without me

When I opened the door to our suite I found Mat instead of Bickley He was perched on ourseat, s His eyes flicked towardmy hand in front of my face The room already smelled of smoke Dios "Could you at least open the ?"

"Don’t ridetwo steps forward and face-planting onto the sofa Everything was just so wrong My head was pounding, andthere, I sucked down a lung full of cigarette s with my own shame

At least I didn’t have to explainpersonal questions Bickley and I hadn’tframe and excessive tattoos, Mat resened roo that looked far too authentic to coreeted him, he’d barely looked up fros around his neck?