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She turned her head and nailed him with one of her painfully direct looks. “Why?”
He went with the first answer that came to him. Pure honesty. “Making you happy makes me happy.”
“And it’s not,” she lowered her voice, “to butter me up for favors?”
“Babe, I’m still riding high from your last ones. We good.” He fist-bumped her thigh with his free hand and her snort teased out his own grin. “If you want me to tell them the concert won’t work, I bet Randy can get rid of the tickets.”
“No, he did a sweet thing. It’ll be nice to get off the bus. I’m just being too anal.” She pointed at him. “If you make an anal sex joke right now, you’re going to get it.”
He held up his hand. “I would never. I’m serious at all times.”
“Right.” She gripped the wheel and squinted at the road ahead. “It’ll be fun. We can relax for a night.”
“A whole night? As in, get off this bus and…” He dropped his voice and leaned in close. “Get a hotel room kind of night?”
She nudged him back with her elbow. “We’ll see if you play your cards right—” She broke off and he sighed, tipping back his head.
“Never gonna get past that, are you? Is that why you’ve been so weird since we left Chicago? Thinking I’ll melt down
once I’m in Vegas city limits or something.”
“Don’t put thoughts in my head. You say you’ve got it under control.”
“That doesn’t mean you believe me.”
“Haven’t found you in any alleyways recently.” She shot him a look under her lashes. “That better remain true, unless you want me to put you in one myself.”
He dropped his hand from her head and straightened. “You could try trusting me.”
“Oh, I am. If I wasn’t, we’d never have gotten this far.”
“Yeah, well—”
“Ry, can I talk to you for a second?”
Ryan glanced over his shoulder and frowned at West, who was way closer than he should have been, considering what he’d just been discussing with Denver.
Namely, getting his ass kicked after gambling and fucking like rockstars. Two things West wasn’t supposed to know.
“Sure.” Ryan scratched the back of his neck. “We were just figuring out the concert logistics tonight.”
“Yeah, we’re already scoping out hotels near the fairgrounds. Figure we’ll get a big bank of rooms—bigger than usual, since Lo invited Professor Ethan to meet us there. He’s got some nerd conference nearby and I guess he’s into country.”
“A nerd conference,” Denver said drily. “Ooh, can I go?”
“Nah, you’re too well endowed.”
Denver’s smile disappeared. “You’d be surprised.”
Ryan glanced at her, wondering what she meant, but Lo charged up front and snagged his attention.
“Watch it, Weston. I have boobs and I was a nerd.” Lo slung her arm around West’s waist and Ryan had to fight the urge to push past them to get some air. Too many bodies in too small a space.
He could only imagine how Denver felt.
“Still are, and it only makes you hotter.” West kissed the side of Lo’s head and she beamed. “Mind giving me and Ry a minute?”
“Sure thing. Bathroom’s open if you want some privacy.” She waggled her brows at him and sashayed away. Of course, West had to lean forward and swat her butt, making her giggle.
