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Jake tucked my hair behind my ears and tried to hide a laugh. “She’s fun.”
I sighed. “She’s a loon. I love her, though.”
“Come on. Let’s drop her off and then you can tell me all the times you’ve thought about me in the last couple of months.” He took my hand and grinned. “If it’s more than I’ve thought of you, we might need to get you checked for that chronic issue of yours.”
I watched Mallory to ignore the blush blooming across my entire body and rolled my eyes as she tried badgering the guard into picking her up. “Mal. Come on. Jake’s giving us a ride.”
She reached up and cupped the guard’s face. “Do you want to give me a ride home instead? I’ll make it worth your while.”
I grabbed her hand. “Mal, get his number if he’s willing to give it and call him when you’re sober.”
“I’m willing.” The guard smirked down at Mallory and pressed a card into her other hand. “You’re fun. Call me.”
“Do you know any yoga?”
I pulled her away before she could do anything weird. She watched the guard as I pulled her with me after Jake until she could no longer see him. Then, as if he’d never existed, she pressed into me and sighed longingly until I asked her what she was sighing about.
“Jake is so hot. You’re so lucky. And he likes you. I can tell.” She sighed even louder. “He wants to kiss you.”
I shhed her. “You don’t know anything. You’re drunk. He is hot, though. Too hot for me.”
Jake stopped next to a blacked-out SUV and frowned at me. “Your sister’s right. I do want to kiss you. And the idea that I could somehow be too hot for you is ridiculous.”
I stared up at him with surprise clear on my face. “You want to kiss me?”
Mallory snorted. “Of course, he does, you idiot. Look at you.”
I watched Jake help Mallory into the back seat and then squeaked when he lifted me into the front. I would never get used to being picked up like I weighed absolutely nothing. As soon as my door was shut I spun around to face Mallory and we both stared at each other with wide eyes.
“He’s so beautiful, Fifi. You lucky bitch.” She watched him walk around the front of the SUV and fanned herself. “He’s just ready to be daddy. I love it.”
“Did you see him pick me up?” I sighed dramatically. “Is it any wonder I did what I did?”
“Honey, I saw everything because I haven’t been able to look away.” She giggled when Jake opened the door and stepped inside. “Now, I’m trusting you to get my sister home with only one or two stops. I normally don’t approve of car sex because it’s just bad for your energy to be cramped like that, but this is a big vehicle and I don’t think you’d be cramped at all.”
“Mal!”
“What, Fifi?”
Jake started the truck and shook his head. “Address?”
“So, you’re not going to comment on the car sex idea?” Mallory sank back into her seat. “I’d be lying if I said I’m not disappointed.”
I gave him the address and watched as he steered out of the parking lot. He drove confidently and looked like a freaking car commercial in all his rockstar sexiness. The smirk on his lips made me think he was considering Mallory’s conversation of choice.
“Did you like the retreat better than Fifi did? Besides the sex, I mean.” She leaned forward again and poked me in the side. “My sister wasn’t grateful to be sent to such an amazing retreat. Carl Levine is considered to be the best in his field.”
“Carl Levine was a quack who tried to starve your sister.” Jake navigated towards Mallory’s neighborhood without needing directions. When I mentioned it, he just shrugged. “I grew up not too far from there.”
“If he thought Fifi was anything other than perfect, he really was a quack. I would kill for her curves.”
He grunted. “I would kill for them, too. Just in a different way.”
I laughed, happy to lighten the mood. “Are you sure you don’t want to be a curvy drummer?”
“Oh, crap. I lost his card!” Mallory groaned loudly. “I was going to call him when I got home and invite him over.”
“Mal! You can’t just invite strangers over to your house. You’re going to get murdered one of these days.” I rested my hand over my stomach, a position that was becoming more and more natural. “You terrify me.”
