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“I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time.” Spencer placed his arm around Coda’s back. “We’re heading to our room.”
“Come on,” Ava insisted. “Coda’s young, Spencer. You have to keep up with her or she’ll leave you behind. I’m sure she loves the club scene.”
“Not really,” Coda said. “I’m more of a homebody.”
“Then you’re perfect for Spencer,” one of Ava’s friends said. “Ava and Spencer spent a lot of time at home.”
Ava winked at Spencer, sending him some kind of secret signal.
The group cackled like a bunch of catty schoolgirls. Didn’t these rich sophisticates have anything better to do?
“Spencer and I had lots of fun at home, didn’t we, baby?” Ava continued her attempt to jog his memory.
“You ladies have a good night.” Spencer guided Coda down the path. “Let’s go.”
“Bye,” one of the girls yelled.
“Ava, I think it’s over,” someone said. “He looks pretty content.”
Coda couldn’t hear Ava’s response because Spencer had them out of earshot within seconds.
“What exactly did you see in her?” Coda asked. “You don’t look like the type of man who falls for desperate women.”
“I was a busy man who didn’t have time to fall for anyone,” he said. “Ava was convenient. We attended all of the same functions anyway. After a while it was understood we would go together. I let my grandfather and Pierce make choices for me. I made mistakes. I don’t ever intend on repeating them.”
“That’s why she thought you’d be here alone? She thought you’d pick up where you left off.”
“I suppose, but I gave her no indication that would happen.” He took her hand. “Are you really a homebody?”
“Yeah, I was never into the club thing. Between school and work, I didn’t have time.”
“You didn’t miss much.”
“Good to know.”
He held the door open for her as they walked into the lobby.
She spotted an elaborate black piano outside the banquet room. “That wasn’t here before.”
“They brought it in for the ceremony.” He stopped and looked it over. “It’s exquisite.” He ran his fingers along the keys with the care she imagined he’d use on his lover. With one hand he played a few notes. It sounded nice.
“Will you play something?” she asked.
“What? No.” He withdrew his hand from the keys. “Would you like to stop at the bar for a drink?”
“No, since Ava’s at the club, there’s really no reason for us to be seen in public. You can go if you’d like, but I’m headed to bed.”
He looked as if she had hurt him, but for the life of her she couldn’t understand why. He’d made it perfectly clear why she was there.
“I see Tyler and a few of the guys at the bar.” He motioned with his head toward the lounge. “I think I’ll have a scotch. Are you sure you won’t join me?”
“If you don’t mind I’d like to call it a night. I’m going to call my mom and then go to bed. Tell Tyler I said hi.” She leaned forward, lingering at his lips for a few seconds before kissing him. When she pulled away he looked stunned. “That was in case Tyler and the guys are watching.” She kissed his cheek. “I wouldn’t want you to say I wasn’t good at my job, Mr. Cannon.”
“Coda, I—”
“Goodnight.” She cut him off because she didn’t want to hear any more explanations as to why they couldn’t be intimate. “I’ll see you in the morning.”
“Night.” He nodded as she turned and headed up the staircase.
