“Mind your own fucking business, Cain. Your nose is already so far up her ass I’m surprised you can still breathe straight.”
“Wow. If you’re both going to continue acting like this toward each other then I’m going to leave, and you can have it out without me. Now which is it going to be? Are we going to behave?”
Cain grumbled, “He started it.”
“Oh, fuck you, man! I didn’t start shit. I wasn’t the one barking up the wrong tree.”
“Hey, shithead! I asked you for permission first!”
“Is that before or after you asked her to come to St. Thomas with you? Were you thinking about me then too?”
“As a matter of fact, I was thinking about your bitch ass! It’s the only reason I asked her to begin with!”
“Hello!” Mila interrupted. “Can we not talk about me like I’m not sitting right here!”
Through a clenched jaw, Cain gritted out, “The only reason I asked Mila to come here with me is because I thought it would be enough for you to see the error of your ways, ol’ buddy, ol’ pal.”
“Oh, how fucking noble of you, dickwad. Were you going to have sex with her for me as well?”
“Oh, Jesus.” Mila abruptly stood. “Time out! I’m calling a fucking time out! No more words out of either of you. You’re both driving me crazy!” She pointed to herself. “Now it’s my turn to talk and you two will listen to everything I have to say or I’m going to kick both of you in the balls. Understood?”
We unwillingly nodded.
“First of all,” she snapped at me. “Cain did not make me leave with him, Leo. I make my own decisions. I came here on my own free will. Now, had you asked me to stay, I would have. Why? Because I fucking love you. There. I said it. I’m so in love with you it’s disgusting. The only reason I dated Cain was because I was trying to forget about you. And maybe, just maybe, I was trying to get back at you for shitting on my heart and not asking me to stay. So there.” She put her finger in the air, silencing me from opening my mouth.
“Now you,” she snipped at Cain. “Was I using you? Maybe. But at first, I thought you were looking for a good time, some fun so I said… why not? I didn’t think for a second that you were that into me until you started to lay it on real thick. You were everything I thought I wanted.”
“No shit.”
“But you aren’t Leo.”
“I know. It was part of my plan to get you to realize your hero has always been him. I had to make it believable or you would have never realized it.”
Mila’s expression drastically changed when he spoke with conviction…
“I sold you the dream, Mi. And guess what? You didn’t want it. At least not… from me.”
Chapter 33
—Mila—
“Oh. My. God.”
“I’m a good actor. It’s how I get laid so much. I can do anything I set my mind to.”
My mouth dropped open. “You told me. You freaking told me!” With that, I stood and grabbed a pillow off the couch, chucking it at Cain.
He caught it before it hit his face. “Hey! Broken fucking nose here! Don’t throw shit at me!”
“You asshole! You spineless fucking asshole!”
“Listen.” He threw the pillow to the side of his body and adamantly stood. “I’m a good fucking friend! Do you have any idea how hard it was to keep my dick in my pants? Especially with you prancing around in your tiny bikinis! I should get a badge of honor for not trying to slip my cock into your pouty little mouth!”
Leo stepped forward and I raised my hand stopping him.
“Look.” He took in Leo’s fiery glare. “That came out wrong. This is the longest I’ve gone without getting laid. She’s hot as fuck, Leo. I’m a man, not a saint. I don’t know what more I can say. My intentions weren’t malicious. I had no intentions of having sex with her.”
“Really?” Leo lowered his eyebrows. “So, you were just on top of her for shits and giggles?”
“Dude, she stopped me. Right before you walked in. She. Stopped. Me. Saying she couldn’t do it.”
“And what if she hadn’t?”
“I never for one second thought she wouldn’t. And that’s the God’s honest truth. She loves you. I knew you would show up. I checked the times for flights today before I sent you that message. I know you, Leo. Obviously better than you know yourself. I timed it out, and you showed up exactly when I knew you would.” He stopped to let his words sink in. “You were there for me through all the bullshit with my parents. You don’t think I feel like shit about that? Up until you told me you realized you made the Playboy Pact for Mila, I thought you made it for me. I couldn’t allow you to do that for me anymore, when it was so blatantly evident to everyone but you two dumbasses… that you’re in love with each other. So I…” He shrugged. “I took matters into my own hands. I figured what other way to repay you than by making you see what has always been right in front of you.” Cain pointed to me. “Her.”