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“Hey, Chase. This is Jake,” he greeted me with a deep voice that didn’t match with his pretty-boy face.
“Jake,” I said. “What’s up?”
“Straight to the point. I like that. Mariska has got Saturday and Sunday off, and we’re gonna be at Paloma’s Edge on Saturday.”
I watched Beth’s delighted countenance. Jake and Mariska were a huge part of who she was. I wanted to see Beth through their eyes.
Beth started kissing my chest and continued down to my stomach. Fortunately, the umbrella shielded us from most people. She sat back up, taking the hoodie off her shoulders.
“See you then.”
“Yup. We’ll talk one way or the other,” he said with a touch of warning, but I wasn’t sweating it.
“For sure.” I returned the phone to her. The titillating gleam in her eyes disappeared. “Yes, Jake,” she said. “And I’ll text all the info to you and Mariska.” She pressed the end button and snuggled up against my shirtless chest.
I grazed my lips on her forehead. Once the sun set, we headed to Bri and Gavin’s for dinner.
***
Bethany
I stretched out on the other side of Brianna’s bed and switched to another picture that I had of Jake on my phone. I’d shown her the two photos I had of Mariska—the goofy one and her classic senior photo. Dinner with some of the guys and her had been great, but when she’d headed to her room and I’d come out of the bathroom because Rylan had been using the one by the living room, we’d stayed in her room. Pierce was still at work at the Paloma, since Claude went away with away his family for the weekend.
“Jake’s hot,” Brianna said as she finger combed her sandy brown hair. “He can sleep over here.” She patted the side of the bed she was on with her other hand and my mouth quirked up.
“What about Pierce?”
“What about him?” she asked nonchalantly, and I pursed my lips.
“You couldn’t peel your eyes off of him the other day. And he’s really single now.”
Brianna threw me an incredulous look. “They’ve un-friended before.” She
turned her lips down. “And not to gross you out, ’cause he’s your cousin, but Pierce looks good enough to eat without his shirt on. How couldn’t I have admired him in only his swim trunks?”
I titled my head to the side. “Same could be said for Joel and Rylan.”
“And if I get to see Jake without his shirt on, I’ll likely be in a momentary trance too,” she countered. “You’ve got Chase for your viewing pleasure whenever you want it.”
Nodding, my face heated. “You can actually be with a great guy who you can’t take your hands off of when you wanna date again.”
“I am looking over the hot items on the menu for the time being.”
I smiled. “No harm in that. And thanks for allowing Jake and Mariska to sleep over if they want to. Uncle Anton and Aunt Deborah don’t need more guests in their house.”
“Or to be around Cassidy,” Brianna said. “Has Pierce talked to you since last night?”
“I texted him about them coming over tomorrow,” I replied, “He’ll come to La Floridita after work tomorrow night.”
“He didn’t mention Cassidy?”
I’d told her about Pierce playing the conversation he’d recorded with Cassidy to everyone at dinner the night before. “No.”
“Have you seen her?”
“I didn’t get the chance to. I’ve rarely seen her in the mornings and I don’t think she’s been in her room most days. Have a good night.” I jumped off of the bed and headed to the door.
“You too, Beth.”
