Me:
This is May, the girl you were attempting to flirt with.
I laugh softly, breathlessly, and a little stunned.
Neptune thumps his tail.
“Oh Neptune, I think we’re in trouble.”
Chapter 7
Iwake up with a jolt, hard enough to make Neptune’s head snap up from his bed, ears perked and eyes wide.
“Sorry, Neps,” I whisper, pressing a hand to my chest. “Didn’t mean to scare you.”
My heart is still racing as I look around the room. It’s completely dark. So dark that I feel like I’ve been asleep for days.
“What time is it?” I mumble.
I reach toward my nightstand, feeling around blindly for my glasses, and come up empty.
Great.
I sit up, squinting into the darkness, and my phone slides from my chest into my lap.
I blink down at it.
“What the actual fuck…”
I search the bed, hands sweeping across the sheets until I find my glasses sitting right beside me, exactly where they should be.
And then it comes back to me. I was texting my sisters when I passed out.
I slip my glasses on, grab my phone, and squint at the screen. The battery is at ten percent.Of course.And the time reads 5:30 A.M.
“Damn,” I whisper.
I must’ve been more tired than I thought.
It’s early enough that I could probably fall back asleep for another hour, but my brain is already awake, buzzing. I plug my phone into the outlet and lean back against the pillow.
Neptune circles once in his bed and curls back up.
“Sleep for a few more minutes, Neps,” I murmur.
Then I open the chat and scroll up to my last message.
Me:
They are both very handsome, but I didn’t come all the way over here to go falling for a man.
I glance at the timestamp.
Just after 9 P.M.
Wow. Dramatic and exhausted. A powerful combo.
I keep reading.
