Total pages in book: 89
Estimated words: 88580 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 443(@200wpm)___ 354(@250wpm)___ 295(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 88580 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 443(@200wpm)___ 354(@250wpm)___ 295(@300wpm)
Another silence.
Then she shrieks. “You’re going fucking where? Holy shit, you have got to be kidding me! You are not seriously going to Adler fucking Costa’s fucking mystical top-floor fucking apartment.”
I have to hold the phone away as she screams into it. “Can you calm down?” I hiss at her. “Everyone’s going to hear, you dick.”
She takes frantic breaths. “Tell me it’s not true.”
“It’s true,” I confirm. “I’m taking the special elevator up. Apparently, it’s real.”
Roxie lets out a peal of hysteric laughter.
The top-floor apartment is a piece of Sunrise history and lore. There are dozens of rumors about it. Some employees don’t even believe it exists since nobody has ever been up there. Even the cleaning crew is cagey about whether or not anyone’s allowed on the top floor. Most employees are aware of the special elevator, but there’s debate on where it actually goes.
Now I know for sure. And I guess Roxie does too.
“I can’t believe this happening. You’re going to see the actual, honest-to-god, top-floor apartment, and you’re taking the freaking magic elevator. This is like finding the fountain of youth. No, this is better, because you get to fuck Adler Costa too.”
I let out a grunt of surprise and nearly drop the pot of boiling water. I fumble the phone, let it hit the floor, and finish draining the pasta before scooping it up. “I am not going to have sex with Adler Costa!” I say sharply.
“Are you okay?” she asks. “I heard some noises and figured you just fell into a fit of ecstasy.”
“Dropped the phone. Roxie, listen to me, I am unequivocally not sleeping with Adler Costa. Okay? That’s not what this is.”
“Uh, are you an idiot? Adler’s the most notorious bachelor in Atlantic City and he’s inviting you up to his apartment at ten o’clock at night to discuss what you can do to keep your brother out of trouble. Hon, he’s making you his concubine.”
I have it sit down. My back’s on fire and my head’s spinning. “Stop it. This isn’t funny.”
“Why not wait until tomorrow if he wants to talk about this like business people? Hon, face it. You’re going to be his side piece. You’re entering his harem. Nobody goes to a single guy like Adler’s apartment at ten o’clock at night and doesn’t expect to get fucked.”
I close my eyes.
God, she’s got a really good point.
“I’m not sleeping with him to save Shane,” I whisper furiously, aware of my father in the other room. “Okay? Do you understand me?”
“Screw Shane, this is Adler Costa! Fuck him because he’s a freaking god walking among us. Do you have any idea what I would do to be in your position? I wish someone in my family would steal from Sunrise so I could fuck Adler. I’d happily give myself to him as much as he wanted.”
“Stop,” I say, rubbing my eyes. “Please.”
“Why aren’t you excited? He’s gorgeous, and he’s always watching you, so you know he thinks you’re hot.”
“I’m not hot.”
“Oh, you totally are. You’ve got that sexy pear-shaped body.”
“I’m disabled.”
“Eh, you limp when you walk, get over it.”
“Don’t be a dick, Roxie.”
She sounds apologetic. “Look, I’m just saying, go into this with an open mind.” In the background, I hear someone shouting at her. “Shit, Dan’s pissed. I gotta go.”
“I’m not sleeping with Adler.”
“Wear something sexy, okay? Something that accentuates your ass. You’ve got an amazing ass and really good legs.”
“Small boobs.”
“Guys like small boobs. You’re a small girl! He’s going to throw you around. Okay, Dan, fuck, okay! I’m coming! Bye, hon, love you, enjoy getting turned inside-out by the most gorgeous man alive.”
Click.
The line goes dead.
I put my phone on the table and my face in my hands.
This can’t be happening.
I am not Adler Costa’s booty call.
He can’t seriously be using my brother to blackmail me into sleeping with him.
But the more I think about it, the more I think Roxie might be right.
It’s the way he watches me. It’s the ten o’clock timing. It’s his private apartment. All the implications point toward this being a very filthy booty all.
Can I seriously do it? Can I sleep with Adler Costa to save my brother’s life?
Adler’s beautiful, there’s no doubt about it. He’s about as handsome as it gets.
But there’s one small problem.
I’m a virgin. I’ve never slept with anyone. My accident happened when I was nineteen, and I’ve basically spent the last seven years recovering. Sex and dating haven’t been a priority.
Besides, I live with my asshole parents, so it’s not like I’m bringing guys home. Assuming there are any guys that don’t mind ugly back scars and a limp.
Which there aren’t.
No, Adler doesn’t want to sleep with me. Roxie’s just being Roxie and getting me all worked up. There’s another explanation for all this. There has to be.