“Someone from the app,” Abby says. “You deserve to know what you’re signing up for, so if you want to back out, now’s the time.”
Landon stares at her for a long moment, and I can see him wrestling with her idea. Finally, he shakes his head. “No, I’m in,” he says. “Whatever it is, I’m in.”
“Good,” she says. She turns back to me, a smile playing on her lips. “And you. If I’m involving you in this, I definitely want all those orgasms you promised.”
I fist-pump so hard I nearly dislocate my shoulder. “Yes!”
She leaves the kitchen with a laugh, and Landon stands there, his hands clenched at his sides, clearly trying to process what he’s agreed to.
“This is going to be so much fun,” I say, grinning.
“Shut up,” Landon mutters, shaking his head.
Landon Kane agreed to film a porno with the girl who broke his heart, with me involved, and with another man in the mix.All for the promise of finally getting an explanation for why she disappeared from our lives.
This is either the best decision we have ever made or the worst. Since I have done a lot of sketchy shit, I believe this might just be the highlight of my life, besides playing hockey.
Chapter Eight
Abby
I think I may have royally fucked up.
Could this whole situation have been a huge misunderstanding? Did I walk away too easily?
But there is no way—I know what I saw. Pictures and phone calls do not lie. And I heard them with my own ears.
Lying in bed, staring at the ceiling of my room, I’m unable to sleep as my mind replays the conversation with Landon about the content for View4U. How he agreed to do it on one condition: that I finally tell him the truth about why I ghosted them.
I grab my phone and scroll through my old messages, the ones I never deleted because I couldn’t bring myself to erase the proof of what happened. I don’t know why I’m torturing myself like this; as soon as I open the thread, the memories hit me like a punch to the gut.
5 Years ago
I have been jittery all day. Landon and Levi are supposed to get the call today. The one that will change everything and define their futures, their careers, and their lives. I’m excited for them and can’t wait to see them smash their dreams.
My phone buzzes with a text from an unknown number. My stomach tightens—nothing good ever comes from an unknown number.
Unknown: Do you know what they do when you’re not around?
Before I can process what that means, another notification pops up. A picture from the same number.
My hands shake as it loads.
It’s a photo taken in what looks like a locker room. Levi is completely naked, his muscular body on full display. Anastasia is standing in front of him, fully dressed in a short skirt and a white blouse, so sheer I can see right through it. Her hand is placed on Levi’s abs, and she’s looking at him like he’s the only thing in the world. I recognize that look. It’s the same one I give them both.Behind her, Landon’s hand is wrapped firmly around the back of her neck.
I can’t breathe. I can’t think. All I can do is stare at that image, feeling my entire world crumble around me. Without thinking, I call Landon’s number. It rings, but he doesn’t answer. My heart pounds so hard I think it might explode out of my chest.
I try Levi’s phone next, and he picks up on the second ring, but the moment it connects, I hear heavy breathing and moaning in the background.
“Hello?” I whisper, my broken voice barely audible.
A woman’s moans fill my ears, and dread sinks to the pit of my stomach.
“Are you coming, Ana?” I hear Levi say, and my blood runs cold.
“Yes, I’m coming,” Anastasia’s voice moans out, then the line disconnects.
I sit there for what feels like hours, staring at nothing.
