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And... that was it. She just glared and waited.
So I said, “On...?”
To which she replied, “On...?”
What the hell is she doing?I was raised to respect my elders, but these two were really something.
Larry unhelpfully added, “On...?”
Oh, dear Lord.
The sound of a door opening preceded the sight of Sophie, putting in an earring and walking toward us as she fumbled with the back. She was looking down as she said, “You guys, I’m going out tonight but I—”
Her words stopped when she looked up and saw me.
Us.
“Hey,” she said to me, eyes narrowed in confusion, and then she said to the seniors, “What are you guys doing?”
She bent her knees and kissed each of the cats on the head.
“Just screening your callers,” Rose said, still glaring at me with her duo of cats. “ThisJuliansays he’s your friend.”
“Does he now?” Sophie asked, her red-lipsticked mouth sliding into a smart-ass half grin, and she was unbelievably gorgeous.She’d been a beautiful bride and a hot businesswoman, but the plaid shirt, jeans, and boots?
Yeah, that shitworkedfor her.
It somehow complemented her don’t-fuck-with-me vibe in a really nice way.
“Quit looking at her like that,” Larry muttered, scowling at me.
“Like what?” Sophie said, her brown eyes twinkling mischievously as she scratched the gray cat before sliding into a jean jacket. “How exactly is myfriendMax looking at me?”
“Like he’s Rhett Butler watching Scarlett O’Hara from the bottom of the staircase.”
“No,” I said, feeling like a naughty child all of a sudden. “I wasn’t.”
“Ooh, Rhett,” Rose swooned, fanning herself and smiling. “Fucking hottie.”
“Well, that may be so, but I wasn’t—”
“Right?” Larry said to Rose, his grumpy face transforming into sunshine as he ignored me and reminisced about Clark Gable. “When he’s hiding in the study while she confesses her love to Ashley? I die every time.”
“We have to go,” Sophie said.God bless her.“The wedding starts at four.”
“But you hate weddings,” Rose said, giving Sophie a weird look. “I thought you’d made a resolution to decline every single invitation.”
“Noteveryinvitation.” Sophie glanced at me with a sheepish grin, then said to the two as she grabbed her bag, “I shouldn’t be out late, but you’re on your own for dinner.”
“Have fun,” Rose said breezily, as if she hadn’t been openly hostile to me.
“Drive safe,” Larry said, then added just as the door was closing, “Rhett Butler.”
Sophie didn’t say a word, didn’t even look at me, as we walkedto the elevator. I waited, and just as we stepped in and she pressed the lobby button, she said, “I suppose you’re wondering what the deal is with those two.”
“Fraternity siblings?” I guessed.
“Ha ha,” she said, looking at the floor numbers above the door instead of at me.
