28.

Damon woke up earlier than Riya, and seeing her beside him, naked, brought back thoughts of their activities of the night. He smiled a half smile, Riya had really surprised him, boldly asking him for sex, and then pretended to be shy afterwards. He chuckled lowly to himself.

If a woman he didn't love tasted this sweet, how much more and better would the woman he loved taste? Then as if being bathed with cold water in a hot summer, reality dawned on him. A very harsh and terrifying reality.

He had truly slept with a woman he didn't love. A woman that was obsessively infatuated with him. A woman who gave her virginity to him. What had he done?!

"What have I done?!" He whispered to himself. "How could I do this to Kylie?!"

He ran his hand through his hair. Occasionally he would turn to look at the woman beside him. Riya, his best friend since childhood. How could he tell her that he never actually loved her? He couldn't ever do that, even if Kylie wasn't involved. Riya was his best frie