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“I think he likes you.”
“Of course he likes me. We’ve been friends for like a decade.” I use my now packed tote as a pillow and lie back down on my chair.
Cami mimics my position. “You know that’s not what I meant. Why don’t you two give it a go?”
“Why ruin a good thing?” I roll my head to face her. “What do you think would happen to the friendship between the three of us if I fucked things up?”
“I don’t know. Things seem to be okay after what happened between us this past year. I completely rejected him for another man, and he doesn’t hate me.”
Is that jealousy I feel or the day’s booze roiling around my stomach? Whatever it is, I wish it away. There’s no time for drama between me and my best friends.
“You know a lot of that has to do with what happened with Evelyn. He would have cut off his arm to fix things for you and instead had to watch you suffer it alone. It means he’s a good guy, but he probably wouldn’t extend that same grace to me, and then we’d all suffer.”
Cami sighs. “All I’m saying is if that’s a risk you want to take, I fully support you in it. Don’t think about me in this equation. This is about the two of you, and I, for one, think you two click.”
“That’s because you already love us both unconditionally. It’d make your life so much easier if we dated each other instead of other people.”
“This is true.”
A shadow crosses my lounger. My eyes open to Nathan balanced above me with a gorgeous smirk and an open bottle of water hovering over my head.
“Don’t you dare!” My shriek falls on deaf ears.
Splash.
Ice-cold water slaps my forehead and travels in rivulets down my face. Launching upright, I sputter it from my mouth and nose.
“You are going to pay for that. Not today because I’m drunk. But you will pay!”
He shrugs without a care in the world to my puny threat and holds out the bottle in offering. Cami already greedily sucks back her own icy drink. I snatch it from his grip and do the same, giving him the evil side-eye.
“Law just sent a text and said the girls are ready and to meet him at the truck. Are you two good, or should I leave you for some alone time?” She waggles her eyebrows at us both.
I bug my eyes out at her and pop up from my chair. “Nope, ready!”
Nathan covers a chuckle with a cough. When I glare back at him, he has his hands tucked into the pockets of his shorts and looks as though he just stepped off the set of a photo shoot. Why does he have to be so hot while also so incredibly annoying? His head gestures for me to lead the way, so I heft my tote over my shoulder and oblige. Cami rests her head on my shoulder, and I gather her in my embrace. We walk one another out of the park and to the truck.
“I’m so glad we’re friends.” She sighs. With a quick peck on the cheek, she climbs in.
I round the tailgate and find my path blocked by Nathan. I peruse him up and down, finding him still infuriatingly handsome, ridiculously talented at making me come, and still a pain in my ass.
“Want to ride back to town with me?”
I’d like to ride something, but his truck isn’t what I had in mind.
Something about the way he says it doesn’t tease and gives me pause.
“Are you okay?”
He pushes off from the truck and rubs the back of his neck. “Yeah, I’m fine. I thought you might want some adult company for the ride. Never mind. I’ll see you at work on Thursday.” Without allowing me a response, he cuts across the lot to his truck.
The exchange leaves me with an odd feeling, but I’m not in the headspace to analyze it. Whatever the problem is in Nathan’s world, he’ll figure it out on his own.
My only hope is that it doesn’t have to do with us hooking up and what we did at the park today. Both memories are for the books, and I’d hate to taint them for either of us.
I know I won’t forget them anytime soon.
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