Page 85 of Get A Fix

“You’re saving her life,” Sienna muttered under her breath.

I took the seat between them, and instantly, Jackie leaned her head on my shoulder.

Jennifer grimaced. “The problem is, even though Sienna and Damien say they’re engaged, there’s no ring.”

“Shut up, Jen,” Sienna replied, but I noted the lack of vehemence.

“Mine’s not as big as Jackie’s,” Bentley stated, holding up her gorgeous princess-cut solitaire diamond ring that was smaller yet lovely nonetheless. “But I love it.”

“And who’re you marrying?”

“Gordon Arison,” she told me proudly. “He’s the guy with the brown hair over there playing darts.”

As he was playing with two blonds, he was easy to pick out. She called his name and waved happily. He returned the wave tepidly, then went back to drinking beer and laughing with his friends.

“My turn,” Jennifer said, holding out her hand for me.

Hers was a halo setting, which my sister Celeste had, and even though Jennifer’s was much bigger than my sister’s, knowing exactly how Hector Rojas felt about Celeste made her ring far more beautiful. And maybe Jennifer’s guy was wild about her too. I hoped so.

“Oh, look at this thing sparkle,” I whispered. “And it’s so elegant. Who is your lucky guy, Jennifer? Point him out.”

Calvin Kenneally was standing by another fireplace in the game room, talking to Kim, the woman who’d sat in Ash’s lap the night before.

I squinted at them, then turned to Jennifer. “Sweetie, Kim pissed me off last night and—” I turned to look at Ash, and found him smiling at me. “Hey, you, did you eat something?”

“I’m snacking, but I would like to talk to you.”

“One sec,” I told him. “I need Bitsy.”

“Oh,” she said, giggling. “Yes, sir, what may I do for you?”

I pointed to Kim. “We’re not crazy about Kim, are we?”

“No,” she agreed, and her eyes narrowed before her attention went to Jennifer. “My cousin is a whore, Jen. Get over there.”

“He would never,” Jennifer told her. “And I trust him.”

“Which is great, and good,” I told her. “But maybe because Calvin is a really nice guy, he’s stuck, and he can’t get away.”

“Ohmygod, she plopped herself down in Ash’s lap last night. I was so embarrassed,” Bitsy told her.

Ash only smiled and took that opportunity to get up, carrying his drink and a roll, and came to sit across from me, beside Jennifer.

“It’s a beautiful ring,” he told her.

“I have seen Love is Complicated so many times. I could do dialogue with you.”

His smile lit his eyes, and really, there wasn’t anyone or anything in the room as breathtaking as him. He outshone every diamond around him. “Oh, I’m so glad you love it.”

“Promise me you won’t leave before I get back.”

“Cross my heart. Can I have some of the cheese?”

“Yes. Eat whatever you want,” she told him, and was out of her seat and moving gracefully but quickly across the floor.

The waitress, Tori, was suddenly at our table because Ashford Lennox was and she wanted to see him as much as everyone else.

“Please bring me a very big sandwich,” he told her.