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Tilly
“Sebastian isn’t here, “ I say as I watch Wendy head directly toward where Kate is still sitting on the sofa with a confused look on her face. “Can’t you just call him?”
“Who is Sebastian?” Kate repeats as she watches Wendy dig her hand behind one of the sofa’s cushions.
“We sleep together sometimes,” Wendy answers before I have a chance to say anything.
“Tilly?” Kate’s brows pop up. “What’s going on?”
I leave the apartment door ajar as I walk to where Kate is sitting. “Sebastian is Julian’s friend. He’s my new roommate.”
“You have a new roommate?” Her gaze volleys from me to where Wendy is now on her hands and knees looking under the sofa.
It’s obvious from this angle that Wendy still owns at least one pair of panties, thong panties to be precise. I look away not sure if I should tell her that her skirt has hiked up so far that we can both see her ass.
“You should leave.” I direct that to Wendy even though I’m looking at the ceiling. “Sebastian isn’t here so I think you should go.”
“I bought those panties at Liore Lingerie.” She gets back up to her feet. “They are worth too much for me to leave them as a souvenir.”
“A souvenir?” I mutter under my breath. “Don’t you think you should call Sebastian and talk to him about this?”
“Did you take them off here?” Kate stands and glances back at where she was just sitting. “I wasn’t sitting on them, was I?”
I scrub both my hands over my face. All I wanted to do was tell my best friend that I saw my new roommate naked last night. Now, I realize that he wasn’t wearing any clothes because he’d fucked this woman in my apartment before I got home.
Thank God traffic from LaGuardia was heavy or I could have walked in on Wendy taking it hard on my sofa.
“He took them off of me right here.” Wendy points to the middle of the sofa. “He might have thrown them back over his head.”
All three of us turn toward the center of the room.
“I don’t see them,” Kate offers. “What color are they?”
I try to catch her eye to give her a warning glance to stop encouraging Wendy.
“What color are what?” A masculine voice interrupts.
I don’t have to look toward the door of my apartment to know who is standing there. The sound of that raspy, deep tone is unmistakable even though I’ve only had two brief conversations with him.
“Oh, wow,” Kate whispers. “Tilly, is that him?”
“What are you doing here, Wendy?” he asks tightly.
“Sebastian.” Wendy rounds the coffee table and heads straight for him. “There you are, baby. I came to get my panties back, but if you have time, I’ll trade you the ones I have on now for the pair I was wearing last night.”
Kate inches toward me as Sebastian looks in my direction.
“You have to get this pair off me first.” Wendy plays with the bottom of her skirt. “They’re red, lace, and totally see-through.”
I can attest to that.
“That’s your new roommate?” Kate asks softly as she nudges her elbow into my side. “That’s the surprise that was waiting for you last night?”
“That’s him,” I answer in a whisper. “He was here when I got home.”
I look back at Sebastian and Wendy. He has yet to respond to her offer about her panties. I’m grateful. I already know too much about what the two of them did in my apartment last night.
“I shoved them in your purse when you were leaving,” he finally says. “You should have called me before coming over here.”
Wendy walks over to where she dropped her oversized red leather tote bag on the floor when she first arrived. She picks it up and fishes her hand in it before she tugs out a handful of black lace. “Well, shit. I guess I should have checked here first.”
Sebastian stalks back toward the door. “I’ll see you to the elevator, Wendy.”
“You want me to go?” Her gaze glides over Kate and me. “Who are they?”
He turns back to look at us. “That’s Matilda, my roommate, and...”
“I’m Kate.” She rushes across the room with her hand outstretched. “I’m Tilly’s best friend.”
Sebastian reaches to shake her hand. “I’m Sebastian Wolf. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
“The pleasure is all mine.” Kate smiles up at him before she turns to me and winks. “I think Tilly is going to love having you for a roommate.”
