Tyler didn’t give Rachel any chance to ask questions. Things went on between them until way past midnight, and Rachel eventually passed out completely
Worse yet, she had only bought one condom, and after that one, who knew where he got the rest from.
Rachel didn’t even have the energy to care..
As her eyes finally closed, she had just one thought in her mind.
‘I never want to drink again. Alcohol ruins lives!‘
Tyler, on the other hand, showed no signs of sleepiness. Propping his chin on his elbow, he gazed at her under the soft glow of the dim light.
Rachel was fast asleep, her lashes trembling gently. He could vaguely smell the scent of orange blossom from her hair.
Just then, his phone started to vibrate.
He glanced down. Jason was calling.
‘Perfect. The mastermind himself,‘ Tyler thought.
As he prepared to get up, the woman in his arms furrowed her brows ever so slightly.
Tyler gently patted her like soothing a child, and her expression relaxed again. Only then did he quietly get up and walk into the bathroom.
He swiped to answer the call, his voice thick with post–pleasure satisfaction, sounding even deeper and fuller in the empty bathroom.
“Are you calling to beg for forgiveness?”
Jason sounded baffled. “What do you mean, begging for forgiveness? I’m calling to claim credit! I mean, come on, I helped you big time tonight. Shouldn’t you be thanking me?”
Tyler snorted. “I didn’t need your help.”
Jason was dumbfounded.
“Dude, seriously? You’re acting like I owe you something now. What do you mean by unnecessary? If I hadn’t stepped in and helped, do you think you’d be snuggled up with the girl of your dreams tonight?”
Jason had arranged for someone to keep watch at the door. After Tyler didn’t come out for an hour, he knew
the deed was done.
He figured, with things at this point, if Tyler still tried to play the noble gentleman, then he’d never help him again.
Tyler frowned. “You scared her so badly she drank two bottles of alcohol. She thought I was you. Should I be thanking you for that?”
Jason cringed. “Seriously? She drank that much? And even mistook you for me? Damn, she must’ve been really resistant to the idea. Wait a second. Am I that ugly or something? She needed two bottles just to get
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the courage?”
Tyler was quickly losing patience with Jason and gave a cold reminder.”
“Are you sure your focus is in the right place?”
Jason kept rambling on. “Whatever, it’s done. Mission accomplished. You deal with the rest.”
Just before hanging up, Jason threw in a final warning.
“By the way, dude, I know you’ve been bottling up those manly urges for a long time, but don’t get too wild all at once. I don’t want you breaking yourself.”
“Get lost.”
Tyler cursed and hung up faster than Jason.
Immediately after, the group chat exploded.
[Thanks to my careful planning and relentless effort, our dear Tyler has finally won the beauty of his dreams.]
Luke sent a celebratory emoji.
[Holy crap! You really did it? If this dragged on any longer, I was about to bet he’d die alone!]
Shiloh joined in the conversation.
[Should we play the song, What a Wonderful Day, to commemorate this?]
Luke typed a reply. [I support that. And now that he’s finally claimed his girl, shouldn’t he introduce her to us? We’ve been waiting forever. If it were me, I’d have confessed ages ago.]
Jason added his piece, too. [Exactly! And don’t get me started on William. He wasn’t even the one who saved her back then, but he dared to take credit! If not for that, she probably wouldn’t have fallen for him in the first place.]
Tyler sat on the toilet, idly tapping on his phone screen. He was clearly in a very good mood.
[Who gave you all permission to talk about her?]
Luke immediately stirred the pot.
[Tsk tsk, already getting possessive when you just got her? And she hasn’t even officially said yes yet!]
Jason chimed in, too.
[Still up at five after all that action. Looks like someone’s feeling extra energetic. Must be the thrill talking!]
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