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Raine’s penthouse is big, but I haven’t been to other penthouses, so I have nothing to compare it to.
He showed me the pool and practically ran out of here. And I don’t usually look, but I could see that he had a hard on. Did I do that to him? Does he like guys? Or just me?
Stop. He is just being a friend.
The pool is calling my name, and I don’t have to be to the field until the afternoon. Without another thought, I drop all my clothes and jump in. I’m not even thinking about the fact that I’m naked, I just want to relax.
I swim a few laps until my phone chimes. Swimming back over and drying my hands on my shirt, I pick it up. It’s a text from Poppy asking if I’m at least safe and where I’m at. I type out a reply that I’m fine, at Raine’s.
I see the bubbles pop up and then disappear and then she calls.
I answer, “yeah.”
“You’re at my boss’s house?”
“Yeah, he offered.”
She’s quiet for a minute, “what did you tell him?”
“Does it matter?” I snap at her; the first time I’ve probably ever done that.
She sighs, “I just don’t want to lose my job. I really like it, and I like him.”
That makes me angry, “you like your boss? So not only are you rubbing up on other guys, but you want your boss as well. Is it because of the money?”
She pauses, “I meant I like him as a person.”
“Please just give me the space I ask for.”
Before she can say anything else, I hang up. I hang up to a throat clearing and Raine placing a towel down near me, “she might have a crush on me, but I don’t have any interest.”
I push myself closer to the wall in a way cover up, “so she has tried with you?”
He nods, “I suspected she had a crush, but I’m not her type nor is she mine, she just doesn’t know that.”
I’m confused.
“I bat for the other team,” he says. I didn’t see that coming.
“Umm oh.”
He kneels down closer to me, “you’re my type but I know I’m not yours.”
I wasn’t expecting that. I’m not going to lie, sometimes I’ve wondered about being with a man, but I only have that feeling around him.
He stands, “didn’t mean to interrupt. I’ll see you in the morning.” He walks back out, and I finally take a look at him as he leaves. Sweats and no shirt. He’s in better shape than me.
Do I like him? Do I like guys? Do I still love Poppy?
I’m a fucking mess.
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Chapter 19
Raine
Ididn’t think I would see him naked. After I exploded all over my hand I heard a splash. And deciding to check it out I saw him, but I also heard him on the phone. I didn’t like the conversation, but it’s not my business how he handles it. I grabbed him a towel and then told him my secret, not sure as to why I did that.