24. Morning after

Damon Valentino

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“You still haven’t told us about your girlfriend.”

I rolled my eyes as I helped my mother set the table. Since Juan was staying at my house, I had no choice but to bring her to my parents’ house. I was beginning to think it was a bad idea.

My parents had never seen me with a woman. They never got to meet any of my girlfriends from the past, which was why they were a little bit too enthusiastic to meet Dahlia. They had theories that I was attracted to men because of how close Juan and I were. This was the first time I was bringing a woman home, albeit in the worst scenario possible, so they thought she was my girlfriend. I wished she was.

“She’s not my girlfriend, mom.”

“Then who is she? You don’t just bring a random girl home.”

I couldn’t tell them that she was my student. My father would disown me on the spot. It didn’t matter that I was a grown-ass adult and could handle the consequences of my choices. “She’s just a friend.”

“You don’t have to hide your relations