Page 36 of Love Gamble

Laughing, I type back.

Corey: Aw, come on. I’ll buy you dinner first at least.

Damon: Very funny.

Bella: Lunch today? What are your plans?

Lunch sounds amazing, but before I tell her that I type back to Damon first.

Corey: I can’t help it, your cock is just so big and delicious.

I then reply to Bella, but when I go to type in the message, I realize that I just sent the last text to Bella and not Damon.

Oh.

My.

God.

I try to unsend it, but it’s too late. The little tick lets me know that she’s already seen it.

I will never look Bella in the eyes again. I’m going to die of embarrassment.

Rolling over, I hide my face in my pillow, and scream.

Why me?

When my phone buzzes, it takes me a whole twenty minutes before I have the guts to read it.

Bella: I’m guessing that text wasn’t for me. LOL.

Bella: Oh my god, did you see Damon’s penis last night? Is he there now?

Fucking hell.

I resend the same message to Damon and tell him I accidentally sent it to Bella, then get out of bed and into the shower.

He has replied by the time I get out.

Damon: You sent that to Bella? HAHAHAHAHA.

Damon: But also, tell me more.

Bella: Don’t ignore me.

Although I’d like to, I can’t ignore her forever, so I bite the bullet and reply.

Corey: Can we pretend that text never happened please? Like let’s never mention it again. And yes, let’s have lunch. Do not tell River anything. Damon will talk to him when he’s ready.

I love my brother, but he doesn’t control my life. I understand him wanting to protect me, but I’m almost twenty now, and it’s time for me to experience things, and fall in love and be free.

He has Bella, and he can’t expect me to be alone forever, just because he feels like no one is good enough for me. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the sentiment, and it has encouraged me to set a high standard with men and for myself, but Damon is more than good enough.

He’s perfect for me.

And I’d like to explore that without River starting fights and carrying on.

I get ready and head out to lunch with Bella, feeling awkward as fuck, but there’s nothing much I can do. At least it was her and not my brother, because then I’d have to move countries.