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Rome frowns.
Mission accomplished, I guess.
"We didn't date for very long," she says. "Honestly, he was kind of a jerk. Way too bossy. I hated it everywhere except the bedroom. There it was—" She fans herself. "I always thought it was the opposite, you know, a bossy person wants to submit. But not with him. Maybe that's just a stereotype. What do you think, J?"
Surprise fills Jackson's eyes. "What do I have to do with this?"
"You talk about sex a lot," Rome says.
"I'm answering the question," Laurel says. "Sorry if that's too slutty for you." She shoots him a death glare.
He sits back, defeated.
A charge passes between them. It's electric. There's a passion there. Hurt, yes, but something else too.
They're trying to poke at each other because they care.
And they're both succeeding. They're both revved up, with stiff shoulders and wide eyes.
They're both pretending they don't care.
Laurel continues her nonchalant confession, "If I want a Dom mood, I go with him. If I'm lonely, I think about a different ex, one who was more sweet and romantic. And if I'm in a more party mood, well, I think about the time I had sex with a stranger on a balcony. I was in Europe and we'd met at a hostel and it was like a sluttyBefore Sunrise. We connected all evening and then we fucked all night."
"They have sex inBefore Sunrise," Zack says.
"You know it's okay for you to not talk for two minutes," Laurel says. "Like when someone else has the floor."
"I'm just saying," Zack continues. "It's like a normalBefore Sunrise, not a slutty version." He looks at Rome with distrust—a rare expression for him. "It's not slutty just 'cause you did it."
She actually smiles. She settles into her seat, shoulders softening, jaw easing.
She's healed by her brother's words.
Healed by some old pain.
What the hell happened there?
Whatever it is, Rome knows. His brow furrows. His lip corners turn down.
He starts to say something and stops himself.
"And of course, there's always Idris Elba," Laurel says. "And Tom Hardy. Sometimes, at the same time."
"Have you had a threesome with two guys?" I ask without thinking.
She just laughs. "Not your turn anymore. My turn." She looks to Rome. "Truth or dare."
"Dare," he says, with little enthusiasm.
"Okay." She smiles. "I dare you to stand up in the moonroof and flash the city."
He raises a browreally.
"Just your chest." She smiles wider, clearly playing at something in their past. "What do you think? That I think you're adventurous? No. I know you're as square as Jackson."
He starts to protest, but again, he stops himself. He shakes his head, shaking off some distant memory, and shifts back into the ridiculous game. "Sure. I'll give the city a show." He slides off his seat.
She opens the moon roof.
