#Chapter 19: Be Careful

Ollie’s POV “You didn’t tell me what happened,” Ella says a few days later. We are both in my room as I am finishing putting on my makeup. She’s waiting for me to finish before we both go up to join the brothers, Diana, and Sylvia for dinner. “There isn’t much to say.” “You had sex for the first time, and you won’t tell me anything,” she says. “Is Hugh that bad?” “He’s not,” I say, but then fall quiet. “It just doesn’t feel right to talk about. I don’t know…” I imagine Hugh doesn’t have the same hang ups. Even I’ve heard him brag about his conquests before. Yet, even knowing that, I’m not the same as him. What happened between us… While it couldn’t mean anything, it also felt like too much to talk about so freely, even with Ella. Because Ella is such a good friend, even though I could tell she desperately wanted to know more, she bit her tongue and accepted my request for privacy. “I only have one question, and you can answer in a yes or no way,” she says. “Okay.” Sh