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16.

Riley's POV

"Let's go" Lando said as he walked out of Zak's office and tapped the table I was sitting on.

Okay, not what I was expecting. He was being so sweet just minutes before and now he's turned cold again.

He was always like that.

Every time he was opening up a little, being a little vulnerable, he shut down again just as quick.
Most of the time it ended with us having sex.

I think having sex was for both of us an escape from reality.

We drove back to the hotel, he didn't say a word the whole way there. He was just tapping his steering wheel with his fingers.

And if I was honest, I wasn't the one who would try to make him talk, if he wanted to be grumpy then fine.

So instead, I turned the music louder, which made him snap his head to me.

He didn't react to it with words, but he immediately turned the music back down.

So I could turn it back up again.

"Can you stop?" He groaned, turning the music down again.

"Yeah you know I wouldn't have to turn it up if it wasn't so boring in this car" I sighed.

Honestly, I was kinda done with this, with him. I had my own stuff to deal with at home so why was I still bothering with these childish games?

Pretending to be someone's girlfriend. I did that when I was 8 years old.

Not even.

He just snorted.

"Look, you just need to admit to Xanthi that you are still absolutely in love with her" I said, which made him look at me very quickly before looking back at the road.

"Or you need to get the fuck over it and let her be happy with your best friend"

He chuckled sarcastically, grabbed the steering wheel a bit tighter. "And it's clear to see which one you prefer"

"To be honest, I don't give a shit Lando" I mumbled, but that was actually not the truth. I did have an opinion about it.

"Well it sure looks lik-"

"Wait, I actually do think you should leave her alone. She's happy with your best friend and your best friend is happy with her" I said. "So you should indeed take a few steps back"

He just clenched his teeth against each other.

He parked the car, we got out and went up to our room.

In complete silence.

It was gonna be a very awkward night, but I could manage that. It was gonna be the last night before we finally could stop this... thing.

Unfortunately, I was afraid we would stop our no strings attached thing too.

Which was sad, because I actually really enjoyed having sex with him.

He was extremely handsome when he was just moaning and not talking.

And just like every night when we had a fight, or when he wanted to forget something, we had sex.

We fucked until he forgot all about Xanthi.

Which took a little longer than usual, a lot rougher, many messy kisses and moans.

And after we both finished, he got up, took a shower and laid down next to me to go to sleep. Not saying another word.

I'm not the kind of girl you stay around to be with. I'm the kind of girl, a man calls at two o'clock in the morning because he wants his dick sucked.

And I accepted that a long time ago.