Page 81 of Ravage

“About?”

“My studio… And what happened with us last night.”

“I’m not sure I know what you’re talking about,” I teased.

“Oh, please… You know exactly what I’m talking about.”

“Okay. What about it?”

She settled back on her pillow, curling to face me as she added, “Do you regret it?”

“Do you?”

“Oh no you don’t.” Her nose crinkled. “I asked first.”

“No, I don’t have regrets. At least, not about last night.”

“Really?”

“Not a second of it.”

“Good.” A soft smile crept across her face. “It was pretty amazing, and I never thought I’d say that about my first time.”

“That was all you.”

“Now, we both know that’s not true. It was all you… That’s one of the reasons I’m glad it was with you.” Her eyes dropped to the floor with a heavy sigh. “I know it complicates things.”

“It does.”

“So, what happens now?”

And there it was. The question I knew she would ask, and the one I wasn’t sure how to answer. So, I gave her the only one I could. “Now we figure out how we’re going to do this.”

“And how are we going to do this?”

“Together,” I answered firmly. “Knox isn’t gonna like it.”

“Probably not,” she sighed.

“He’s my best friend, and I’m his.” I let out a breath. “He’s going to feel betrayed, but this wasn’t about him.”

“I doubt he’s going to see it that way.”

“No, he’s not.”

Her brows furrowed. “And you aren’t worried about that?”

“Hell yeah, I’m worried, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to let him decide how this thing is gonna go. Besides, if he’s the man I think he is, he’ll come around.”

“I don’t want to lose him.”

“You won’t. And if I have anything to say about it, I won’t either.”

Her expression softened. “When will we tell him?”

“I don’t know. I think that’s something we need to think about.”

“Yeah, I think we should know what’s really going on between us before we throw anything at him.”