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Chapter One

Sophie

"Are you going to tell me where the money came frolass of Chardonnay

"Colton," ue reveals before I can filter it "He and I had a kind of arrangeaze inquisitive

"Next question" I ht be several drinks past drunk but there’s no way I’nity in this shameful situation

Her eyes never stray fro at a tiny bar in the lobby of our hotel When I’d found out about Colton’s marital status, I’d fled for home, broken hearted and destroyed Becca convinced irl’s weekend away I’d done one better and flew us to Rome on a whim So here we sit, halfway around the world and all we can think to discuss is the exact topic that sentin the first place Awesoe God, don’t they have anything stronger than wine in this country?

"What kind of arrangeives you half ashe doesn’t know about the rest of the money, which is tucked inside my own bank account I know my family has a lot of questions about where the money for Becca’s treatment came froroide and she slaps a hand over her les

My cheeks burn brightly, but I shake my head "You’d have to actually have sex for that to be the case, I’d think…"

She’s still giggling, so I know she has no idea she’s hit the nail on the head Ding, ding, ding We have a winner

"Let’s not talk about theto provide it, and I don’t regret anything because it helped you get better Please just let it go," I plead with her to let it drop Her health is cooperating for once and I want to enjoy this trip – just us I don’t want to even think about the name Colton Drake It’s much too painful

"If he’s as hot as you’ve said he is, I would have had a hard ti hiina accidentally landed on your penis"

I crack a se in topic Of course it’s about sex Becca’s not a virgin and she’s much more forward about sex than I am You’d think it’d be the opposite, but so age taught her to grab life by the balls and live it to the fullest I envy her in that