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“I’m not sure if I should…” I didn’t want to interfere, most especially since Grey and Jet were going to be there as well.
Josie looked desperate. I was sure since things were going so well with Gavin that she wanted some alone time with him.
“Olivia, come on, girl—you need to have fun. You’ve been hiding for—”
I held up my hand, not willing to hear her spiel on my current situation. Guilt trip much? It worked in her favor. “Fine. Fine. Count me in.”
“You’re the best.” She squeezed the living crap out of me, kissing my face with her heavily coated lip glossed lips.
What were friends for anyway?
“We share a room. Take it or leave it.” That was the only thing I was worried about. I didn’t want to share a room with a random person.
“You’ve got yourself a deal.”
There were only three more days until Big Bear weekend happened. Here was to hoping that everything would be smooth sailing.
CHAPTER24
Liv
“I’m ridingwith you and Gavin,” I informed my friend beforehand, just in case she was having other designs in her head.
Everyone was rounding outside our house since the vacation cabin we were staying at this weekend was owned by the Edwards, so it made sense that they started off there.
I was about to haul my things out of my bedroom when Josie gave me a sheepish look. “About that…” She paused.
God, if she told me that she was shoving me to Jet or Greyson, I would backtrack in a heartbeat. “Go on?” I glared at her, waiting until she finished her sentence.
“Gav and I are both riding with Grey…” She bit her lip, looking sorry. “I was going to tell you, but I didn’t want you to be angry with me.”
I glared some more. “The guy hates me. How can you not see that?” What did she think would happen? That I could just hitch up a ride without Grey noticing me as one of his passengers? Was she crazy?! Fucking hell.
“He doesn’t hate you. Hate is such a strong word to use,” she tried to settle things. “He’ll come around. He used to like you—a whole fucking lot.”
The keyword wasused. He was going to mess around with women all weekend long; could I hold myself and pretend that I hadn’t thought of him on a daily basis? Better yet, could I carry on a conversation without blushing because I had been dreaming illicit dreams about him?
“I don’t know… He might just kick me out of the car.” He so could. It wasn’t hard to picture him booting me out of his vehicle with his temper.
“Just go with the flow. Things will be good. ‘Kay?” She pulled me out of my bedroom before I had managed to nod from her words of wisdom.
Her excitement was bouncing off the walls. It was sad that a tiny bit of this happy aura couldn’t be rubbed off on me. Inside, I was dreading this short, two-hour drive. If I could bite my nails, I so would, but I needed to look composed, and nail biting would give me away.
Gavin greeted Josie and me as he grabbed my weekend bag away from my hand. While he and my friend caught up, I was busy keeping an eye out for Greyson.
A black Tahoe was parked on the driveway and there were a few other black SUVs with people buzzing around, talking and chatting on their phones. Jet was nowhere to be found, but I was sure one of the black SUVs were his, I had seen him a month back driving around with one. The black Tahoe was shared between Grey and Brett when they went outdoors. I didn’t know about men with black cars, but it sure did suit them. Grey especially, mood swings and all.
“Hop in, Liv.” Gavin directed me towards the wide-open Tahoe door before he told Josie to do the same. “I’m gonna go check on the guys. Be right back.” He half ran towards the back entrance leading towards Greyson’s place.
We both stared after him before the woman sliding next to me voiced her thoughts out loud.
“Are you going to snowboard? I think I got all my outfits ready. What about you?” She sat in the middle while I tried to sit behind the driver’s seat, hoping he wouldn’t catch me here.
I hadn’t planned on doing anything except catching up on my reading. I wanted to avoid Greyson as much as possible. I was here for Josie, nothing more.
“I have enough books to last me all weekend.” Compared to her extracurricular activities, my weekend sounded boring. What had she expected me to do? Have body shots with drunk men? Although a particular memory sprung to mind, leading my wicked thoughts astray.
She let out a long sigh as if I was a hopeless case. “I’m going to drag you out to do things with me. He’s ruling your life, Olivia. Live a little. Fuck.”
