Chapter 10

“You know…. I wouldn’t even if you begged. I’m not into prissy uptight virgins.” He cracks open his water and downs a mouthful before settling to eat. His facial injuries don’t seem to bother him despite getting darker in the last hour since we got back here, but I suddenly want to poke at them with a long, sharp nail.

“Why is it always sex with you?” I snap. Standing and fixing my clothes before slamming the refrigerator door closed. My bad mood is on show, and I haul my clothes to straighten them from his manhandling.

“I’m a guy…. If you popped your V card, it might become all about sex for you, too. Pretty sure girls get just as horny as we do.” He shrugs like this is a nothing conversation, and my face flames again in embarrassment. It’s not a topic I ever willingly bring up with anyone, and here he is, so matter of fact about it.

“Stop talking.” I lift my hand and wave it his way. Mortified that this was where this went.

“Why…. Scared I put ideas in your h