Page 57 of Score Her Heart

She turned around when she saw I wasn’t following her. “Hey, am I going by myself?” she asked, amused.

I shook my head and took a deep breath. I was totally caught foaming at the mouth while I stared at her delicious ass. I adjusted myself in my pants when I noticed a stack of papers on my bedside table. I picked it up. “Hey, what’s this?” I asked.

She looked back at me and had a nervous look on her face. “Um, book three? You said you wanted to read it.”

I set it back down and walked over to her. I slid my hand in hers, and we walked together out of the condo. “I do. How are you feeling about it?”

She grimaced. “I’m not satisfied with it.”

I led her out the door and down to my SUV in the underground parking garage. “I’m sure it’s fine.”

She bit her lip and was quiet the whole ride to my teammates’ place. When we got there, TJ greeted us at the door since Noah was still at Dinah’s next door. We slapped hands in greeting. “Yo, dude,” I greeted.

“Wild game today. You ready to get lit?” he asked.

I shook my head. “I’m driving tonight, so you can.”

Fi’s face fell. “Oh, Riley, I can drive if you want.”

I squeezed her hand. “No, it’s okay; I know you need to celebrate finishing your first draft.” TJ’s head kept wiping back and forth between the two of us, and I realized that I was rude and hadn’t introduced them. “Fi, this is my teammate, TJ. TJ, this is my wife, Fiona.”

I swear TJ’s eyes bugged out of his head, and he stared down at my left hand. “I thought you wearing a ring was new. Wait, haven’t we met before?”

Fi nodded. “Yeah, we did! Nice meeting you again.”

TJ shook his head. “Riley, man, never thought I would see you of all people settle down.”

I glared at him when I saw the sour look that crossed Fi’s face. She shifted to neutral when I turned to her, but I saw it, and I wanted to know so badly what she was thinking inside that brain of hers. Probably nothing good.

I guided Fi into the kitchen to get a drink, where we bumped into Noah, who was coming back from next door. He was just as surprised as TJ was when I introduced Fi as my wife, but he slunk away when Benny came over to us.

“Hi, Fi,” Benny greeted her.

“Hey. So you and your girl got back together?” she asked.

Benny nodded, but I noticed Stephanie wasn’t with him. “Sorry, I heard she was really rude to you.”

Fi waved him off. “It’s okay. I ended up hanging with Metzy’s girl, Lacey.”

Benny frowned. “Still, I’m sorry.”

Fi shook her head at him.

Benny wandered off when Hallsy called him over to the other side of the room, and I walked off when Noah’s girl Dinah came in, and she and Fi got to talking shop. I walked over to TJ and Noah with a grimace on my face, not really wanting to explain the situation to my younger teammates. Noah and I got to talking about my weird marriage, and when I looked across the room, I shook my head at seeing Mia, Fi, and Dinah all doing shots together.

“Oh, no. I smell trouble,” I groaned out loud.

Noah glanced in the direction I was looking in. “Was it a good idea to leave those two together?”

“Hence, why I offered to drive tonight,” I commented and raised my glass of water to him.

Noah shook his head and clapped me on the back. “I don’t understand this whole marriage of yours. “

I shrugged. “I don’t think either of us do.”

I heard TJ groan as he sunk a ping-pong ball into a red solo cup. “You two are kind of insufferable lovesick puppies.”

I gave him the finger. I wondered if TJ would ever come to the dark side with us, but he seemed like a guy who would never settle down. Although, I guess a lot of people said that about me too.