Chapter 9 ░ Under The Skin

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The moment Reina's eyelids fluttered open, her chest was seized by a very bad feeling

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The moment Reina's eyelids fluttered open, her chest was seized by a very bad feeling. It took her several seconds to register where she was – in Ander's room. More specifically, in his bed.

She turned and saw Ander sleeping soundly next to her. Naked.

She looked down and noted that she was missing her own clothes as well.

Fuck. Fuckfuckfuck.

What time was it? How long had she fallen asleep?

Reina scrambled to get herself out of the bed and retrieve her phone from her bag.

The phone screen said 10:49pm. Which meant that she and Ander had dozed off for more than two hours!

She quickly unlocked the phone and called her driver.

Luckily, he picked up almost right away.

"Luis," she said, trying to sound calm. "Can you pick me up now? I'm at -"

Shit. She didn't know what address to give Luis.

She padded over to where Ander was, shaking his shoulder urgently. "Ander! Wake up."

"Hmm?" Ander cracked one sleepy eye open, confused.

"I need your house address," Reina hissed. "What is it?"

"Huh?"

"Your address. House number and street name. Tell me."

Comprehending her request this time, Ander gave Reina the information she needed, which she relayed to Luis.

"Okay. See you, Luis," Reina said before hanging up. She sat back down on the edge of the bed, exhaling a huge breath loudly.

She felt Ander's fingertips on her wrist. "Ander," she spoke in a detached tone without looking at him in the eye. "What we did – it was a mistake. It shouldn't have happened. It was my fault for even suggesting to hang out at your place here."

"Reina..."

"We were both under the influence of drugs and shit happened. Okay?"

Reina didn't bother waiting for his response. She freed her wrist from Ander's hold and picked up her clothes that had been flung with abandon two hours ago.

Once she was fully dressed again, she cleared her throat. "Umm, Luis will be here in ten minutes and I need you to let me out. I think I hear your parents downstairs."

Ander nodded and started putting on his clothes. As he did so, she could feel his unwavering gaze on her, but it wasn't her problem. She didn't owe him a proper sit-down conversation about any of this.

As a final step before exiting Ander's room, Reina reached for a travel-size spray bottle of Gucci Bloom perfume from her bag and spritzed all over to make sure she didn't reek of that distinct weed smell.

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