A Nefarious Secret

Chapter 4

Chiara's head pounded. Her throat scratched as she groaned from waking up. God she hated waking up. Why did sleep feel like the one thing she enjoyed most but something she barely had quality of. She felt the mattress shift beside her.

The fuck.

She looked over to see Whiskey sprawled out on the bed. His skin pulled tight over his muscles while his hair stuck out in different directions.

Ugh. Not only was she awake, but she had to kick this guy out.

"Hey," she grumbled.

Nothing.

"Hey," she tried again a bit louder, this time pushing her foot against his legs.

Whiskey stirred. He rolled over to face her.

"Go to sleep," he mumbled.

"You need to go," Chiara whined.

"Can't you just love me woman," he replied.

"I'm meeting my parents for lunch, should I also introduce you as my boyfriend," Chiara threatened.

With that Whiskey jumped out of her bed and scurried to grab his clothes.

That was a bit more like it, Chiara thought.

"Last night was fun," Whiskey ran back to Chiara in bed, bent down and smacked her ass over the covers.

"Please leave."

And with that, her front door opened and closed.

Chiara checked her phone. Panic ran through her.

Was that really the time?

She jumped out of bed and quickly ran into the bathroom. She needed to be at the library with Jess in 15 minutes.

She quickly got ready, only doing the absolute necessities. Threw on a pair of Adidas joggers and a cropped hoodie. She tied her hair back in a bun as she walked across the campus.

"Fun night?" Jess asked as he looked her down, clearly aware that she had just woken up.

"Mhm," Chiara mumbled.

Jess fixed his eyes back to his screen. He sat stiff as a board. She tried to gauge his mood, but he just looked blank.

"So what are we doing today teach?" she asked in a half laugh.