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“Please don’t tell her I have it. I have to submit samples.” I chewed my lip.
“You’ll blow them away,” she said confidently. I could only hope. But this was what I needed—Cass’s injection of confidence in myself.
“How’s law school?”
“It is what it is.” She huffed down the line. “I think I need a distraction. A lover.”
“Hmmm. Who’s the lucky guy?”
“No one yet. Oh, and guess who signed up for an acting class?”
“Oh, wow. That’s great, Cass.” I bounced on my feet. “You’ll knock them dead.”
“I know I will. Okay, lovely. I love you, and I’m happy you’re married to Rocco because he not only stood up to his family for you, but he’s also helping you make connections for your own career. And besides that, he’s your gorgeous sex God. Now, please let him have you.”
I touched my warm face and grinned. Cassidy was always pushing me to open myself to love. “He terrifies me.”
“That’s love, Lina. It’s a good thing. Talk to you soon, gorgeous.”
“Love you, gorgeous.”
We ended the call, and all the travel, funeral, and turmoil caught up to me. I eyed the bed and decided to just rest my head on the pillow for a few minutes before Isla came back. The mattress molded to me, and my eyes closed.…
A knock on the door had me opening my eyes. “Uhm, yes?” I was asleep on top of the covers, and the lights I hadn’t turned on were lit. Before I could think about it, the door sounded again.
“It’s Isla,” a voice called from the other side.
“Come, come in,” I called, and sat up on the bed, clinching my robe closed.
The door eased open, and she stepped inside holding up a paper bag.
“I didn’t know where to leave it that you’d find it straight away,” she explained.
“Yeah, good idea.” I stood and walked over to her and took the box. She turned to leave, when the bathroom door suddenly opened, and Rocco walked out with a towel around his shoulders.How long have I been asleep?
Isla quickly turned away, and I froze.
“What’s going on?” Rocco’s voice was calm, though abrupt, as he cinched the towel around his waist.
“I asked Isla to pick something up for me,” I answered, clutching the box.
He peered at it and said, “Thank you, Isla, you can go now.”
She immediately walked out, closing the door behind her.
I frowned. “You’re mad at her?”
“I’m not mad, Adelina. I’m just naked.”
“Ohh.” My eyes scanned over him with the towel low on his waist. His firm, muscular body was positively mouthwatering and so incredibly sexy.
Rocco waved his hand to regain my attention with an amused glint in his expression. “What did Isla pick up for you?”
I flicked my eyes at him and hunched my shoulders. “I-I asked her to replace my birth control pills. I might’ve missed a day or so. Uhm, I’m taking one right now. I would have gone to pick it up myself, but I said something dumb to the press, and now they think I’m hiding a pregnancy and are showing a clip of me stuttering and stumbling like an idiot.”
The room went quiet, and I peered over at Rocco, hoping he wasn’t too upset that I hadn’t been careful. He turned away from me, his shoulders shaking.
“Are you okay?” I asked, alarmed.