Filed to story: Once Upon a One Night Mistake Book PDF Free by Simone Shirazi
Scowling, Sebastian rose to his feet and shot a pointed look at all three of them. “What I? mean is that you all weren’t the only ones who didn’t realize it was her.” He paused and sucked in a breath, trying to figure out how to phrase what he needed to say. “She’s the mystery girl.
She’s the one I slept with.”
The reveal was met with a deafening silence. Marcus looked to Jacob, who looked to Michael, who looked at Sebastian with a stare that clearly expressed what he was about to say next.
“You’ve? got to be kidding me.”
“I wish,” Sebastian grumbled, running a hand over his face. “You have no idea how much I wish this was some sort of joke.”
Michael still looked as if he couldn’t believe it. “You slept with her,” he repeated. “You, Sebastian James Phillips the Third, slept with Taliana? fucking Avilla, the girl who broke your arm in three places and was the reason you had the nickname
Cry Baby until freshman year.”
“Yes, I think we’ve established that, Michael,” he said, rolling his eyes. “But how the hell was I supposed to realize who she was?”
“Maybe by asking for her name?” Marcus suggested dryly.
Sebastian’s eyes narrowed, but he bit back a caustic comment. Maybe he’d asked her name, but with as loud as it had been in the club, he probably hadn’t heard it correctly. Even still, he’d been drunk enough that he hadn’t even cared.
Michael seemed to be slowly getting over the shock. “I guess I can I can understand it,” he offered. “She’s pretty hot. Who cares what her name is.”
“She is? not hot,” Sebastian scoffed, though he knew his words were a complete lie. The girl was attractive, even if he did hate her guts.
Jacob, however, saw through his lie. “Bro, if she wasn’t, you wouldn’t have wasted your time on her.”
Though he hated to admit it, Jacob was right. Still, that didn’t mean he wasn’t completely disgusted with himself.
Just as he made to continue defending himself, the sound of a phone ringing made him close his mouth again. Four sets of eyes went to the flashing device resting next to him on the bed, and with a soft sigh, Sebastian grabbed his phone, glancing at the name on the screen. When he realized who it was, his heart dropped into his stomach.
“I don’t believe this,” he breathed out, turning his phone so the other three could see the cause for his newfound distress.
Michael looked as if he’d just seen a ghost. “I’m gonna head out,” he said, quickly backing toward the door. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” He barely got the words out before darting into the hallway.
“Us, too,” Marcus blurted, grabbing Jacob’s wrist and dragging him toward the door. “See you.”
Sebastian barely noticed when his three friends stumbled out, too caught up in debating whether or not to answer the call. In the end, curiosity won out, and he answered with a dull, “What?”
“Hi, baby,” a familiar voice greeted. “It’s been a while.”
He’d thought there was no way this night could get any worse, but this phone call had already proven him wrong. Just like Taliana, this was yet another girl he thought he’d never hear from again. However, instead of breaking his arm, this one had broken his heart.
Sebastian paused for a moment, not knowing what to say. So he settled with murmuring a name that hadn’t escaped his lips in a very long time.
“Blair.”
Her chuckle floated over the line, and he could practically envision her tossing her head back, dark hair falling over her shoulders.
“Perfect, you still remember my name. Anything else you remember?”
“I remember telling you I never wanted to speak to you again.”
“Ah, yeah, I remember that too,” she said softly, a hint of amusement in her voice. “But you know me. I’ve never been one for actually obeying.”
That was definitely the truth. Blair Bakhtiar was the type of girl who lived life by her own set of rules and got away with it every time. Sebastian knew from experience that it had a little to do with her personality and a lot to do with her looks. The girl was gorgeous, there was no doubt about it. With wide gray-blue eyes, delicate features, and curves for days, Blair was the epitome of stunning. It didn’t help that she knew it too.
Hand in hand with her striking good looks was her ice-princess mentality. Before she was shipped off to boarding school, she’d been the reigning queen of Georgetown Trinity. Needless to say, there hadn’t been a queen after she’d left; everyone knew it was impossible to fill her shoes.
Blair had been the only girl at Georgetown Trinity that Sebastian had ever considered an equal. There were plenty of others who had vied for his attention over the years, but he’d only had eyes for Blair. They’d been friends since preschool and had grown closer as they got older. He always found it a little surprising that they hadn’t become a couple until their sophomore year, even though he’d secretly loved her for ages. In the end, loving her turned out to be a mistake, because less than a year later, she ripped his heart out of his chest and served it to him on a silver platter.
Most people didn’t know the real reason behind their breakup, especially the part about what had caused it. The rumor that swirled was that the two had been a happy couple until her father decided boarding school in France would be a better choice for his daughter.
That wasn’t anywhere near the truth.
It was true they’d been a happy couple once, but it had all ended suddenly when Sebastian caught her with his older brother, William. If that hadn’t hurt enough, the fact that she left town the next day without offering an explanation for what she’d done made the whole thing hurt even worse. Not even William had spoken to him about what had gone down, and before Sebastian had the opportunity to approach him, he was on a plane back to Yale. He hadn’t heard from Blair since that day.
But this phone call was changing that.
“What do you want?” he asked, a new anger simmering in his chest.
“I’m hurt, Seb,” she said. “You always assume I want something whenever I call.”
“You? never call, Blair. I told you not to.”
“I guess I just couldn’t resist.” There was a short pause, and when she spoke again her voice had changed. “I miss you.”
That part took him by surprise, but there was no way he was going to let her know that. “I’d say likewise, but I’d be lying.”
“Ouch,” she laughed. Everything always seemed to roll off of Blair’s back with ease. “But it’s okay, I know the truth.”
Sebastian sighed. This conversation was going nowhere. “Really, Blair, what do you want?”
“I just wanted to say hi. Is that a crime?”
“It is when it’s coming from you.”
“Mm, well, since you obviously don’t want to keep this conversation up, I’ll get straight to the point: I’m coming back to town soon.”