Chapter 34 Audrey

There was a long, tense silence after I stated my two truths and a lie. Edwin blinked at me in surprise, and I felt my face heat up beneath his gaze; was that too far? It was all I could do to quickly stare down at my whiskey and wish I hadn't said those words.

Talk about inappropriate, I thought to myself. Damn this whiskey; I shouldn't have accepted it.

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But then, to my surprise, Edwin let out a low, rumbling chuckle.

"The chocolate part is a lie," he said easily with a wave of his hand.

I whipped my eyes up, shock coloring my features. I had thought that he might guess that the virginity part was a lie, but... I supposed not.

"What?" he asked, casually sipping his drink. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

I managed a shrug despite myself. "Nothing, I just... I thought you would have guessed that the virginity part was the

lie."

"Well? Was it?" he asked. I shook my head, and he gestured to my whiskey. "You're supposed to drink if I got it right." Sighing softly, I took a tiny sip of my whiskey; when Edwin shot me a withering look, I took a bigger gulp to satisfy him. When I was finished, I set my glass down and toyed with the end of my braid.

"Was it that obvious?" I asked quietly.

"Was what obvious?"

"When..." I pursed my lips, my face reddening even more, and quickly looked down at my lap as though that would somehow hide it. "When we... slept together."

Edwin cocked an eyebrow at me. "Are you asking if it was obvious that you were a virgin?"

I nodded, and he sighed, draining the last of his whiskey and refilling it. "Not really."

didn't even seem surprised

think better of whatever it was and simply shook his head. "You want

lips into a flat line, I said,

with his hands behind his head and eyed me steadily, making me blush even harder. "Your skills in bed... did not speak to a lot of experience," he finally said after a beat of silence. "I figured you hadn't had much sex before." "But you didn't immediately assume

then

me. I squirmed uncomfortably in

my 'skills'... Well, it just made the events of that night we spent together flicker through my mind all over again. I had been trying to push

wanted to know

specific... pointers you may have had

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"Pointers?" He let out a laugh that was so loud it almost made me jump out

from my chair, I grabbed my bag. "I'm

"Sit back down."

plopped back into my

slowly, leaning on his

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jaw, and looked away. "I mean... I'm just curious to know

several long moments, utterly silent. I kept my gaze fixed on the window; it was pitch black outside already, although I could hear the sounds of voices and laughter floating up from the courtyard below as students made their way to and from parties. I should have been with them,

"I'll give you pointers. But you have to win the next round of two truths and a

shot him a sidelong

He nodded. "That's it."

It's your

the amber liquid for a moment with his brow furrowed in thought. Finally, he straightened and met

most. My favorite color is

laugh escaped my lips. "You're not engaged," I said immediately and

myself as we stared at each other. It couldn't be... Edwin wasn't engaged. He couldn't be engaged. We had slept together, and he had never said anything about it. He wasn't a

to rise on trembling legs, however, he drank

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