Page 204 of The Villain We Tempt

Her face splits into a huge smile. “And?! Tell me everything!” She lifts the mug in her hands. “I mean, I amliterallydrinking tea right now.”

I groan, slumping down into the chaise lounge. “We’re…” My brows knit. “We’re sort of keeping it quiet for now, is all.”

She groans. “Seriously? No tea for me?”

Fuck it.

“Well, the sex ismind-blowing.”

Her jaw hits the ground.

“Yes, hi, excuse-me-WHAAAT!?” She plunks her mug down on the table next to her chair and swivels to face me, planting her feet on the ground. “You’re fucking him?!”

My face throbs as pink stains my neck. “You’re the only one I’ve told, okay?”

She beams. “Really??!”

I nod.

“Awww,Gal!”

I giggle when she grabs me into a bear hug and squeezes me close.

“So, how? When? How long? It’s good? Are yousureyou can’t tell me?—”

“Breathe, Wren,” I laugh. “I’ve been sort of seeing him for over a month.” My face sizzles hotter. “And…yeah,” I grin. “The sex isreallygood.”

“That’s mygirl!” she crows. “This is awesome, Galina! Look how far you’ve come from Ian Scofield dry-humping your leg and busting in his pants!”

I cackle.

Wren’s brow furrows. “Wait, why aren’t you and Mr. Orgasmically Gifted telling people?”

I grimace. “It’s…complicated, I guess.”

As in, Ireallydon’t know what I’d say when people asked how we first connected…

“In what way?”

I groan. “I mean, with Yelena being with Achilles, I just don’t want to complicate?—”

Shit.

Wren zeroes right in on my fuck-up.

“Hang on hang on hang on,” she says, holding up a hand. “How would you dating someone complicate Yelena screwing Achilles?—”

Her brows arch suddenly.

Fuck.

“Ohhhh… I get it.” She stares at me. “You’re totally hooking up with one of the other Untouchables, aren’t you?”

When thefuckdid Wren become a super sleuth?!

“No, Wren?—”

“I’m thinkingnotDrago…” She frowns, tapping her chin. “Not your type at all.”