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Chloe looked up from her computer and saw Raina standing in the doorway the next morning. “What?”
Raina shut the door and moved closer to her desk. “You’re dating Royce and not telling anyone.”
Shit. How was it possible they were found out? Or could Raina be playing with her?
“What are you talking about?” she asked. She was going to hold off as much as she could at this point.
“Cody and I were out to eat last night. I saw you two in the back. I went to go to the bathroom. I recognized you first and saw you weren’t alone. You didn’t see me,” Raina said. “But I saw you. And you were smiling and laughing like a woman having a great time on a date.”
She let out a sigh. Before she could say anything else, there was a knock on her door and it opened up and Megan was standing there. “Sorry,” Megan said. “I just thought you might be alone. What am I missing?”
Chloe looked back and forth between her two friends and knew one couldn’t know without the other. There was no way out of this, and though she felt trapped, she was starting to realize that this was going to happen.
Elise knew. Then Zander figured it out last night.
If anyone could understand why she wanted this kept quiet it would be the two women in this room.
“Take a seat, ladies,” she said.
“Chloe is just about to tell us that she is dating Royce,” Raina said.
“I knew it,” Megan said, pointing her finger and laughing. “You’ve got the look of a woman getting laid a lot lately and I’ve wanted to say something but figured you’d let us know when you wanted to.”
Guess she didn’t do that good of a job hiding anything. “Is it that obvious?” she asked.
“Maybe only to us since we know you well,” Megan said. “I don’t think the Fierces know. Or at least Grant and Garrett.”
“Ryder suspects it,” Raina said. “He’s brought it up a few times, but I have nothing to give him. He thinks it’s funny if you are playing with his father and uncle. Jade has suspected it too.”
“Jesus,” Chloe said. “I never expected this to happen. I’ll catch you two up to date, but don’t think ill of me.”
Megan waved her hand. “No one is going to think ill of you if you wanted to get a piece of a hot body.”
“It started out that way,” she said.
“Really?” Raina asked. “Just sex?”
She filled them in on how it all came about. That Royce had no idea what was going on and the three of them laughed. Her proposition and then the ground rules.
“So you see, it was one thing and now has turned to something else.”
“It seems to be working,” Megan said. “You look happy.”
“I am,” she said. She didn’t tell them about Emily though. Nothing with her family. For now that was staying out of it. This was about her and Royce. “But I want to keep it quiet. They are going to gloat. Even Royce’s father is in on it, but he’s given up.”
“I don’t think anyone ever gives up,” Megan said. “It is funny though. Once again they know what they are doing and it’s just waiting for everything to fall in place.”
“I’m not so sure about that. It’s been a few months.”
“New Year’s Eve,” Megan said. “I can’t believe you two were planning this all along around the holidays and no one caught on. Then that night you went back to his house.” Megan was shaking her head and grinning. “Damn, I’m so proud of you.”
“Thank you,” she said, taking a bow at her desk. “Now that you are all caught up, was there something else you guys needed?”
“I didn’t,” Raina said. “I saw you two out and had to say something. Because if I saw it, other people are going to and it’s going to get out.”
“I know,” she said. “It’s getting hard to keep this a secret and at this point I’m not sure why we are trying.”
“Because it’s working and you don’t want to change that dynamic,” Megan said. “I get that. Trust me, I do.”
