Chapter 8

Ciara’s POV

I woke up from my bed and walked straight to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

“Penny?” I called when I didn’t notice her presence in the room. Where could she have gone? “Penny?” I called again.

“Over here, Ciara,” she responded from the living room.

“There you are. I thought you were asleep or something,” I said, sitting next to her. “Sleep well?”

“Yeah, but the bed is too soft compared to what I used to sleep in,” she let out a low laugh.

“You’ll get used to it.”

“I sure hope so,” I said and she switched on the TV.

“Ciara, can I ask you a question?” Penny asked, and I turned to look at her.

“Sure.”

“When was the last time you and Brian became intimate with each other?”

It came as a shock.

“Intimate? What kind of intimacy?”

“You know being together alone… Like, let’s say, having sex.”

I blinked twice.

“No, Penny. Never. Geez, being intimate with Brian is the last thing I’ll eve