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“Right.” She smiled, but it didn’t reach her eyes and I could see her backing away.
I pulled out the big guns. “He’s rich!”
She tilted her head as she studied him. “How rich?”
Leaning across the table, I whispered, “Filthy rich.”
Her eyes widened. “Would there be a pre-nup?”
Drew sat up straighter and grinned while I negotiated for him. After all, this was my job. At work, I was the closer. I sealed the deal. “Of course, sweetheart. There’s always a prenup.”
She rolled her eyes. “Let me think about it.”
With a sigh, Drew collapsed onto the table. “See, even with you in my corner, I couldn’t find a girl.”
“Please. We’re not even trying yet.” I frowned.
“Let’s go to Vegas,” Harry suggested. “We’re all off tomorrow. We haven’t done a guy trip for a while. This might really cheer up Drew.”
I tugged at my chin while I considered. Then I shook my head. “Paisley will never approve.” Then I pulled out my cellphone. “Damn. She hasn’t even called. I better get home. Come on, Drew. I’ll drop you off.”
“But my car,” he argued.
“We’ll pick it up in the morning.” Then I offered him a hand and helped him out of his seat.
Forty minutes later, I had dropped him off and made my way back to my house in the hills. My spot in the driveway was taken by the pool guy. I frowned. We’d discussed this. He needed to park on the street. I decided to address him directly before I went in to see Paisley. I seriously hoped I could interest her in a nooner.
Slipping through the gate in the hedges, I walked around the side of the house and came around the corner nearest the pool. The pool guy was nowhere to be seen. The chemicals were out. The hose was attached to the brush and dangling over the edge of the pool. I took several more steps onto the patio. To my right, the pool house door was wide open. Without thinking, I reached out and planned to shut it when I realized Paisley was inside, with the pool guy, already having the nooner I’d hoped to experience.
I stepped inside and stood at the end of the bed with my arms crossed over my chest and a vein in my forehead pulsing. The guy’s hips were bucking like a jackrabbit. “She likes the strokes longer and deeper,” I announced as calmly as possible. The guy bounded out of the bed and covered himself with the pile of clothes he picked up from the floor.
“I’m sorry, sir. I didn’t think,” he stammered.
“Damn right, you didn’t,” I grumbled. “Go finish my pool, then you’re fired and I never want to see you again.” I watched as he began to back out of the pool house anxiously. “I mean it. This pool better fucking sparkle after the shit you just pulled you little fucker.” I jabbed at the air to emphasize my point.
He nodded and ran to the hedges to dress. With him out of the way, I turned my attention to Paisley. “What the fuck were you thinking?” I threw my hands in the air, hoping to convey some sort of frustration.
“I thought…man, I’d like to fuck him,” she retorted. “What did you think was going on here?”
“Paisley, we’re living together.” I spoke calmly and evenly. As I considered the situation, I realized I wasn’t nearly as upset as I should be, though I had yet to determine what that meant.
“Yeah. We’re living together. So what? This is it.” She gestured around the grounds.
“What do you mean?” I rocked on my heels some.
Paisley stood and let the sheet drop to reveal her gorgeous albeit mostly fake body. “You’re not the marrying kind, Ty. You’re about to turn thirty. We’ve been together for four years.” She sighed. “If we were going to get married, we’d have done it already. Since we’re not, what did I have to lose if you found out I was fucking anyone else?”
“All this,” I snapped as I gestured like she had moments earlier.
She rolled her eyes. “Just so we’re clear, this is nothing. This is completely replaceable.”
“Not by him!” I pointed to the pool guy.
With a laugh, Paisley nodded. “Duh, but seriously, you’re one in a million, not one of a kind.”
The tips of my ears burned. “Well, I guess you better start looking on replacing me. You have twenty-four hours to get out. Got it?” I glared at her, but she simply shrugged and pranced across the patio completely naked. I stood there shaking for a good fifteen seconds before I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone. I dialed Harry who answered after less than three rings.
“What’s up, Ty? I didn’t expect to hear from you so soon.” He chuckled.
