CHAPTER 9: Sorting it Out.

  Magda walked up the beach back towards the house and saw both Dimi and Darya waiting for her.

  “Feel better?” Dimi asked.

  “Depends,” she shot a look at Darya.

  “Mags, I’m sorry. I’m worried about you and it’s coming out all wrong.”

  “You think?”

  “Ares Winter isn’t like anyone else you’ve dated. You are such a good person. You have a good heart and a beautiful soul and he’s a playboy. He has a different woman on his arm every other week. He goes through women like he does dollar bills. I don’t want you to get hurt.”

  “Do you think I don’t know he’s out of my league and superior to me?”

  “No!” Darya shook her head. “Nobody is saying he’s superior to you. Inferior yes. You’re too good for him. I don’t want to see you get taken advantage of. He’s using you.”

  “You’re saying you do think he’s using me for the app?”

  “Stop putting words in my mouth!”