The day I decided to change my life

Epilogue (I)

Several months later

I should have known Nathan would never take any of my recommendations. I guess everything I suggested was too soft for him. He didn't even choose the restaurant I wrote down to him in a beautiful and meticulous list, he threw it away and chose another one instead. I didn't even get why, because it's not like a restaurant could be hardcore or anything.

Or that I thought.

Martina's bachelorette party was something I would have never been able to plan. And at the end of the day, I was glad. I was having so much fun. Everything was so well organized and so carefree at the same time. I wouldn't be as relaxed as I was if I would have planned it myself.

Martina, Nathan, Linda, Valentina, Sarah and two coworkers of the bachelorette formed our team. Valentina was already drunk by the time we left Nathan's apartment. She said she was glad she could have a little escape from Marco and her husband. All the girls and of course Nathan, seemed to be really loud and for once I didn't feel left out our shut down. They included me in every conversation, they laughed at my jokes, they encouraged me to shout some of the dirty things Nathan made us say. He made a rule before we left that we had to change some words and say other ones instead. I tried so hard not to say them because I didn't want to blush the whole time.

We played some games and had to take Martina's phone so she didn't text Ace. She said we were making her miss him.

"Next question." Nathan announced with a TV show host voice. "We asked the groom what is the most unusual place you've ever hooked up, what do you think he answered?"

Martina made a face. "I don't know. A changing room?"

Nathan gasped then smirked. "You little bitch. You guys are something else." He bounced excitedly before taking his flute and gulping the champagne down. "He said the pool."

"Oh, yeah." Martina laughed before a little blush appeared to taint her cheeks. "That, too."

"What is the most unusual place you've done it, Riley?" Nathan asked me out of the blue. He probably caught me blushing as I thought about it.

"Uhm... I don't know. I don't like public places... Luca doesn't either."

Linda laughed. "Yeah, because you guys are loud." She took a sip before continuing, as I stared at her horrified. "Imagine all the shouting and the dirty talking somewhere where they could be heard."

Everyone laughed, Nathan was living with these questions. "Why does everybody know about my sex life?" I asked glancing around. Almost everyone, except for the two girls I just met, replied at the same time with a shrug.

"Luca."

I covered my face with my hands and I lost time of how many times I did that that night. At the restaurant, I managed to escape for five minutes and went to the bathroom, where I took out my phone, even though they weren't allowed tonight.

I hate you

The reply came almost instantly.

What did I do now?

I bit my lips.

You're telling everyone about our sex life

Before we got together seriously back in September, we had a conversation about how we needed to improve the communication in our relationship. We needed to trust each other if we wanted to be together. What I didn't think is that he would be communicating so well with everyone else too.

Luca was calling.

"If you're talking about Linda, she heard us one night."

"What about Martina and Nathan? Wait, no. Sarah? Valentina? Hello?!"