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“Hot neighbor?” Gianna asked, leaning closer. “Do tell.”
“Nothing to tell,” Penny said sadly. After the successful conversation on the elevator, she hadn’t seen David again.
“No worries.” Jess was apparently armed with an arsenal of single men. “If that doesn’t pan out, you could always ask Gio or Luca to be your date for the party. Neither one of the twins is dating anyone right now.”
Penny didn’t even bother to consider that suggestion. The Moretti brothers, like Gage, were a million miles out of her league. Besides, she was Rhys’s quirky kid sister, and the Morettis definitely had that unspoken bond with their friends about dating sisters, even if Jess didn’t want to admit it.
“I thought Gio was dating someone,” Keeley said.
Jess shook her head. “No. No one since Jill Patrick. And even that wasn’t too serious. I kind of think she was his booty call for a few months.”
“Why did I think she was Rafe’s booty call?” Keeley mused.
Keeley, like Penny, fell into that off-limits category. Her big brother, Kayden, had been friends with the Moretti brothers since preschool. After their parents’ untimely deaths in a plane crash when Keeley was just fifteen, Kayden had stepped in and raised her. Keeley was probably the most off-limits of all the kid sisters. Not that she seemed to care. Keeley was a free-spirit and online dating aficionado, much to her brother’s dismay.
“I’m bummed I couldn’t go to Enigma with you all,” Gianna said. “Date night was a bust because Sam wound up working late, so by the time he got to my place, all he wanted to do was stay in, order pizza, and watch baseball. I hate baseball so much.”
“What happened the other night…with those guys you were dancing with at club?” Penny asked.
Liza and Keeley looked at each other and groaned in unison.
Jess laughed. “Oh my God. Were they that bad?”
Liza shook her head. “No. They were okay. I mean, we were having a good time dancing, and it’s not like we were going home with them or anything, but…”
“But?” Jess prompted.
Keeley took over. “But the night took a turn when our brothers showed up. They evil-eyed the poor guys until they finally melted away.”
“Which brother?” Gianna asked Liza.
Liza grimaced. “Aldo. Bruno’s got his hands full with his three kids—they are holy terrors, but damn if I don’t love them—and Elio is out of town for off-season training with the team.”
Liza’s brother, Elio, was a professional hockey player. Something Penny would have found cool if she gave a shit about the game…which she didn’t.Rocket Leaguewas her preferred sport.
“They just happened to show up at Enigma? The club Conor Russo owns?” Jess asked. “That doesn’t seem like the kind of place Aldo and Kayden would hang out.”
“It’s not,” Keeley said, her tone dripping with annoyance.
“Did you tell them you were going to be there?” Gianna asked.
Keeley shook her head. “Of course not. I’m not new here.”
“Apparently you are,” Liza said, grinning. “Or you’d stop sharing your location with Kayden on Find My Friends.”
“I know, I know. I always swear I’m going to delete that app, but…well, he worries about me. I’m all he has, and he’s all I have,” Keeley said.
“I think that’s sweet,” Penny said.
“Me too,” Jess added.
Keeley sighed. “Yeah. It’s sweet. And annoying as fuck. Kayden refuses to acknowledge that I’ve grown up. It doesn’t help that he’s a cop. High school was a nightmare. Guys would show up to pick me up for a date, and by some ridiculous coincidence, Kayden always managed to be wearing his uniform and cleaning his gun at the same time.”
Keeley’s brother was a big guy, like super big, so Penny could just imagine how intimidating that must have been. While she’d gotten to know him, and had discovered Kayden was basically a big teddy bear, Penny didn’t doubt for a moment he could also be one scary motherfucker if the situation called for it.
“Your boss is cute,” Liza said to Penny. “Even if he is a Russo.”
“Boss?” Jess asked.
